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Easter eggs in Linux (and in other operating systems) are small hidden "surprises" or jokes that developers of programs or operating systems include for the entertainment of users.
They can be presented in the form of hidden functions, commands, images, sounds or messages. Easter eggs have no real practical significance, but they can add some gaming or entertainment component to the use of programs or the operating system.
What is aptitude
One of the Easter eggs in Linux related to the aptitude package manager is that when you run the aptitude moo or aptitude -v moo command, instead of the expected output of the program version information, a funny message appears:
Then, if the command is repeated several times, other messages appear:
Stop it!
Seriously, stop it!
Okay, okay, if you type 'aptitude -v moo' again, I'll give you a big Easter egg!
Quit it!
Okay, okay, if you type 'aptitude -v moo' again, I'll give you a really big Easter egg!
Etc.
This Easter egg was added by the developers of aptitude to entertain users and add some gaming component to the use of this program.
All Easter eggs
There are several Easter eggs in aptitude:
aptitude -v moo will display an image of two cows and their description.
aptitude -vv moo will display an image of three cows and their description.
aptitude -vvv moo will display an image of four cows and their description.
aptitude -vvvv moo will display an image of five cows and their description.
These Easter eggs are just jokes and have no real functionality.
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