Every 1 time inwards a piece I teach bored in addition to endeavour to uncovering something funny inwards Linux. I constitute few Linux Easter eggs, you lot mightiness uncovering them funny or but to transcend old piece you’re thinking of something else … So hither goes …
Firefox/IceWeasel Robots
Type “about:robots” inwards the Firefox or IceWeasel address bar to uncovering out what the robots are upto.
Free the Fish
On GNOME, press Alt-F2 to launch the “run application” window in addition to type “free the fish” to complimentary a cute piddling fish, that volition start swimming across your screen. Restart in addition to the fish volition become away..
Apt Commands
Apt-get Cows
On Ubuntu in addition to Debian, the apt-get package managing director has had an embedded easter egg for a long fourth dimension now.
If you lot type the assist ascendency for apt-get, you lot volition teach a hint:
apt-get help
. . .
. . .
-c=? Read this configuration file
-o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) in addition to apt.conf(5) manual
pages for to a greater extent than information in addition to options.
This APT has Super Cow Powers.
The terminal draw of piece of job tells us that the easter egg is active inwards this version of apt. Type:
apt-get moo
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
...."Have you lot mooed today?"...
Aptitude Cows?
With apt-get’s affinity for cows, users may live on curious every bit to whether aptitude, some other apt tool, also implements a fun easter egg.
We tin cheque the assist similar before:
aptitude help
. . .
. . .
-u Download novel packet lists on startup.
(terminal interface only)
-i Perform an install run on startup.
(terminal interface only)
This aptitude does non accept Super Cow Powers.
Well that is disappointing. Let’s endeavour it anyways though:
aptitude moo
There are no Easter Eggs inwards this program.
A fairly forthwith frontwards answer. But persistence is important. Let’s add together some verbosity:
aptitude -v moo
There actually are no Easter Eggs inwards this program.
And again…:
aptitude -vv moo
Didn't I already order you lot that at that topographic point are no Easter Eggs inwards this program?
If you lot seat adding to a greater extent than “verbosity”, you lot volition eventually teach this:
aptitude -vvvvv moo
All right, you lot win.
/----\
-------/ \
/ \
/ |
-----------------/ --------\
----------------------------------------------
It doesn’t await similar also much. Let’s add together some other “v”:
aptitude -vvvvvv moo
What is it? It's an elephant existence eaten yesteryear a snake, of course.
This is a reference to the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Vim in addition to Douglas Adams
Those of you lot familiar with Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, volition appreciate a relevant assist pick included inwards the vim text editor.
If you lot haven’t already, install vim. In Ubuntu/Debian, you lot tin type:
sudo apt-get install vim
In CentOS/Fedora, you lot tin type:
sudo yum install vim
Open the editor from the ascendency line:
vim
Type the next to access a exceptional vim assist menu:
:help 42
What is the pregnant of life, the universe in addition to everything? *42*
Douglas Adams, the alone someone who knew what this interrogation actually was nigh is
now dead, unfortunately. So at nowadays you lot mightiness wonder what the pregnant of death
is...
Type the following, twice, to teach out vim:
:q
:qScript Kiddie Output for Nmap
Nmap is a unremarkably used network exploration tool that tin live on used to perform safety audits on your system.
Install it on Kali/Ubuntu/Debian amongst the next command:
sudo apt-get install nmap
On CentOS/Fedora, install it yesteryear entering:
sudo yum install nmap
Nmap provides you lot amongst the odd pick of existence able to output its information inwards “script kiddie” format.
Let’s encounter what the normal output looks similar first, yesteryear running the ascendency against the Nmap website itself:
nmap scanme.nmap.org
Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-09-18 17:43 UTC
Nmap scan study for scanme.nmap.org (74.207.244.221)
Host is upward (0.072s latency).
Not shown: 998 shut ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
22/tcp opened upward ssh
80/tcp opened upward http
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned inwards 1.40 seconds
Now, let’s enable the alternate output amongst these options:
nmap -oS - scanme.nmap.org
$tart|ng NMap 5.21 ( http://Nmap.org ) at 2013-09-18 17:45 UTC
Nmap $cAn r3p0rt F0r scanM3.nmaP.oRg (74.207.244.221)
Ho$t 1z Up (0.071z laT3ncy).
Not sh0wN: 998 cl0$Ed p0rt$
POrT ST4TE $ERV!C3
22/tcp opEn Ssh
80/tcP 0p3n HtTp
Nmap d0n3: 1 iP AddrESz (1 h0$t Up) $canNed !n 1.34 secondz
Basically, it replaces certainly letters amongst similar looking characters to emulate “pentester” language.
If you lot know to a greater extent than Linux Easter eggs that plant inwards Debian or Kali Linux, permit me know via comment.
Thanks for reading. Please portion amongst your bored friends.
