Free fortune software for linux

Fedora Frog application is a GUI install script that jumps your Fedora Core 5 to life in no time...
Main features:
- Install extra repositories [RPMForge]
- Note: Not all repositories are mutually compatible. See the Warning mixing repositories
- Install GUI frontend for yum [yumex]
- Install commonly needed multimedia codecs
- Install DVD playback capability
- Install Java JRE and its plugin for Firefox
- Note: You will have to accept Suns licence
- Install Macromedia Flash plugin for Firefox
- Note: You need to restart Firefox after installation
- Install extra fonts (including msttcorefonts)
- Install graphics drivers for nVidia and ATI cards
- Note: You should restart your computer after the installation
- Install Gnome Configuration Editor
- Install numlockx to turn on NumLock on startup
- Set up Gnome to open System Monitor every time you push Alt-Ctrl-Del
- Disable CD blocking in CD-ROM
- Set up Nautilus to open new folders in the same window
- Install rar archiver
- Install Adobe PDF reader
- Note: This is not necessery to read PDF documents, you can read them using Evince too.
- Install Gwenview and digiKam imageviewers
- Install XMMS (analog of Winamp)
- Install amaroK media player
- Install stream directory browser Streamtuner
- Install CD ripper Grip
- Install Xine, VLC, Mplayer multimedia players
- Install RealPlayer 10
- Install Skype
- Install Thunderbird e-mail client
- Install Liferea RSS reader
- Install Opera web browser
- Install CD/DVD burning utility K3b
- Install FTP utility gFTP
- Install File share utility DC++
- Install P2P BitTorrent client Azureus
- Install P2P eMule Client aMule
- Install P2P Gnutella Client LimeWire
- Install KDE Edutainment programms
- Install Photo-realistic nightsky renderer Stellarium
- Install Some additional games
- Install Alacarte Gnome menu editor
- Install Shortcut to browse files as root
- Install Some desktop backgrounds, icons, themes and screensavers
- Note: Try changing your desktop background and look in Theme Details of System -> Preferences -> Theme
- Install fortune and make Gnome Fish-applet to use it
Note: It is recomended to run update before you run Fedora Frog
Usage:
xterm -e ~/.frog/frog.run
Enhancements:
- Added xine-lib-extras and xine-plugin to Xine install.
- Main frog welcome screen revised to use dialog command.
- Adjusted dependencies so that removing Amarok does not remove xine-libs which forces removal of xine.
- Made "ynq" proc case statement instead of if-then-else

Snippets is a CGI script where fortune cookie meets wiki. The project provides:
- A way for people to share quotes, recipes, jokes...
- A private niche where a person can keep track of sites to visit, people to e-mail.
- A tool for administrators to turn a large repository of static content into a manageable amount of dynamic content.
Snippets is designed to be easy to configure and customize.
Snippets is a versatile CGI script that allows administrators to turn a large amount of static content into a small amount of dynamic content, and users to have an editable quote of the day. Its a cross between a fortune cookie program and a wiki. Snippets can be used for much more than memorable quotes, though; Snippets can be used to show people, or remind them of:
- Jokes
- Quotes
- Recipes
- Websites to visit
- Friends to write/e-mail/call
- Long-term to do items
- Places to visit
- Books to read
- Favorite pictures
- Etc.
Go ahead and play around with it; see what it can do.

Kernelcookies project consists of fortune cookies from the Linux Kernel.
Kernelcookies is a datafile for fortune that contains some of the funnier or more obscure kernel messages.
One of the most famous messages ("lp1 on fire") was part of the linuxcookies data file (and got me started on this compilation).
NOTE: Some of the cookies may contain offensive language. As I dont really want to decide on what someone might find offensive or not and create two seperate files, I only put this warning here. If you dont want offensive fortunes, youll have to weed this file out yourself.
Enhancements:
- 25 new cookies from Linux 2.6.19 were added.

Call this script from the Autostart folder, and it will update Kopetes away message for each interval (requires Kopete 0.12 or higher). The away messages are by default defined in ~/.kopete-away-msgs. Each line can contain either:
- a comment (starting with a #)
- flags message
The flags define some properties to each away message. Flags are defined only at the start of the line, beginning and ending with a %. The following flags are supported.
[0-9]*[smhd] Determines how long this message should be shown before a new one is chosen. This is the sleep(1) syntax.
a Only show this message when youre away.
c This line is a command, use its output as away message.
i Show the contents of a file, line by line. The message should contain the path to the file. Do not use ~ but use /home/$USER instead. Empty lines in the included file are skipped.
n Use the next message in the file for the next iteration.
o Only show this message when youre online.
x Dont use this message when looking for a random message. This means this line is only accessible when the former line contains the n flag.
- Show the message less than normal times
-- Show the message even more less
--- Show the message sometimes
To determine your online status, you need to have the Web Presence plugin enabled. By default, it reads the file ~/.webstatus.xml. Adapt the variable below if you store the file somewhere else. The script wont do anything when youre offline or partially away (that is, some protocols are Away, some protocols are Online).
Because the web status plugin is used, the process of retrieving the current webstatus is not really reliable. It may happen that you turn back to online when you set the status on Away in a short time. If this doesnt happen in about 10 seconds after the status change, you may consider the status change as successful.
Example ~/.kopete-away-msgs file:
========================================================================
# Sometimes, show uptime for one minute
%1mc--% uptime
# Fortune rocks, but dont pick too long messages (the length of away
# messages is limited.
%2mc% fortune -s -n 120
# just show Hello world for the default interval
Hello world
# Show a away message for 60 seconds.
%a60% Im away now.
# Ask people to say something when youre online
%o% Please message me!
# Show all contents of the Linux README line by line. Show each line for
# 3 seconds.
%3i% /usr/src/linux/README
# Tell a little story when Im away. These lines must emerge in the
# right order, so mind the n and x flags! The x flags make sure we dont
# start in the middle of the story. And, show each line for about 5
# seconds.
%na5% Goodbye, all you people,
%nax5% Theres nothing you can say
%nax5% To make me change my mind.
%ax5% Goodbye.
==================================================================
Enhancements:
- Ability to query the online/away status directly from Kopete (DCOP). This requires a patched Kopete, see the description for more details on how to proceed.
- Fortune mode: Pick a random line from a given text file.
- First check the online/away status to prevent unnecessary command calls.
- Various bugfixes

fortune-fgump project consists of some quotes from the movie Forrest Gump.

This collection of quotes is for use with the fortune program.

fortune-starwars project is a collection of mod-fortune quotes from Star Wars.

fortune-starwars is a collection of quotes from the movies "Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back", and "Return Of The Jedi".

It does not contain quotes from Episodes One to Three, because I don’t really like them.

It is meant for use with the fortune program.

To install these fortunes, copy the .dat file to your fortunes directory (possibly /usr/games/lib/fortunes).

To use it, simply type:

# fortune starwars

Yoda:
When nine hundred years old you reach, look as
good you will not. Hmm?

Fortune Osho project consists of quotes from the spiritual guru Osho.
Examples:
Awareness
Mind can never be intelligent - only no-mind is intelligent. Only no-mind is original and radical. Only no-mind is revolutionary - revolution in action.
This mind gives you a sort of stupor. Burdened by the memories of the past, burdened by the projections of the future, you go on living - at the minimum. You dont live at the maximum. Your flame remains very dim.
Once you start dropping thoughts, the dust that you have collected in the past, the flame arises - clean, clear, alive, young. Your whole life becomes a flame, and a flame without any smoke. That is what awareness is.
Enhancements:
- More cookies has been added. The count now reaches to 50.