"free the fish" ? Some sort of Ubuntu egg or something?
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/11/29/5-pranks-for-your-linux-using-friend/ > > 5 Pranks for Your Linux-Using Friend > > 1. Set XKill to start when the user logs in Go to System > > Preferences > Sessions and add an entry with the command 'xkill'. If > you have not used xkill before, it turns your cursor into an 'x' (may > vary by distribution) and kills the process behind the next thing you > click on. Watch out with this one! Using this on unsaved work would be > very bad. > > 2. Change/remove main menu shortcuts Go to System > Preferences > > Main Menu. Then either just uncheck any boxes you want or switch the > command associated with the application shortcuts around. Either way, > the recipient of this prank will have no idea how to get their > programs to launch. (You can also set one of them to the command > 'xkill' described above. This is probably not a good idea, though, > since it is very possible that the user would accidentally click on > something they shouldn't. In short, be careful and don't do it.) > > 3. Replace desktop background with a picture of the desktop This > trick will work on any OS, but it is still one of my favorites. Just > take a screenshot of the computer's desktop without any windows open. > Then set that screenshot as their desktop background. Just move some > or all of the desktop icons to another folder (be sure you don't > delete them) and watch as the computer's user tries to click on > his/her icons without any luck. > > 4. Change the terminal's colors Know a geek who loves to use the > terminal? Open terminal and go to Edit > Profiles. Then choose to > edit the default profile and mess with the colors. For maximum > confusion, leave the background color, but change the text color to > match it. Be careful you write down the previous settings, though, if > the user has changed them. > > 5. Free the fish When you walk by the person's computer, simply > press Alt+F2 and type in "free the fish". This will cause a fish you > swim across the desktop over and over again. You will have to do it > again after every reboot, though. > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
