The script is /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news
which reads https://motd.ubuntu.com and displays the text from that page.
Obviously there has been an unfortunate mix-up and it shows that HBO-
related item.
Is it really necessary to conflate this into some conspiracy to display
ads in the Ubuntu
@Mikko It should really have no place at all in something that you'd
like to call a free operating system. Unfortunately Canonical strongly
disagrees with that position.
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I strongly agree with @andrewsomething here. Advertising has absolutely
no place in motd.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701068
Title:
motd is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley
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Which RSS feed is shown here?
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Title:
motd is advertising HBO's Silicon Valley
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I have to say, I was very disappointed to see this when I logged onto
one of my servers today. I can understand the desire to be able to
communicate directly to users and present timely, relevant information,
but linking out to content marketing in what seems to be one of its
first uses is
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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