This isn't decades ago, and Ubuntu is not Unix. It is Ubuntu. Decisions made decades ago for Unix are not inherently right, and have no special moral authority.
> I couldn't care less about ubuntu, I'm not using it.
Then perhaps you shouldn't speak on the subject. /etc/motd is the least of the things they've "messed with".
Trying to treat a modern operating system as if it's a 1970s operating system is absurd.
> Down that path lies SuSE linux.
There is nothing inherently wrong with SuSE. I don't happen to use it, but there are a lot of things I don't happen to use.
You're stuck in the past. A Unix-centric past, at that. If it works for you, great, but don't pretend we all have to stay there with you.
This isn't decades ago, and Ubuntu is not Unix. It is Ubuntu. Decisions made decades ago for Unix are not inherently right, and have no special moral authority.
> I couldn't care less about ubuntu, I'm not using it.
Then perhaps you shouldn't speak on the subject. /etc/motd is the least of the things they've "messed with".
Trying to treat a modern operating system as if it's a 1970s operating system is absurd.
> Down that path lies SuSE linux.
There is nothing inherently wrong with SuSE. I don't happen to use it, but there are a lot of things I don't happen to use.
You're stuck in the past. A Unix-centric past, at that. If it works for you, great, but don't pretend we all have to stay there with you.