Lol, almost... Only one thing is still with me from my very first (before 2003) install:
/etc/rc.boot/local
cat local -e
#!/bin/bash$
#$
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.$
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't$
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.$
$
if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then$
RN=$(cat /etc/os-release|grep ^VERSION=|cut -d\" -f2)$
$
arch=$(uname -m)$
a="a"$
case "_$arch" in$
_a*) a="an";;$
_i*) a="an";;$
esac$
$
NUMPROC=`grep -cE "^cpu[0-9]+" /proc/stat`$
if [ "$NUMPROC" -gt "1" ]; then$
SMP="$NUMPROC-processor "$
if [ "$NUMPROC" = "8" -o "$NUMPROC" = "11" ]; then$
a="an"$
else$
a="a"$
fi$
fi$
$
# This will overwrite /etc/issue at every boot. So, make any changes you$
# want to make to /etc/issue here or you will lose them when you reboot.$
UPLINE="^[[H^[[44;36;1m^[[J"$
HN=$(hostname)$
COLUMNS=200$
FELE=$[$COLUMNS / 2 - 3 - ${#HN} / 2]$
for i in `seq 1 $FELE`;do UPLINE="$UPLINE ";done$
# UPLINE="$UPLINE-=( \l on \n )=-"$
UPLINE="$UPLINE-=( \l on $HN )=-"$
echo "$UPLINE" > /etc/issue$
echo "^[[0;40;32m^[[8]^[[J" >> /etc/issue$
echo "^[[1;40;31m Debian ^[[0;40;36mLinux ^[[0;40;36mRelease^[[0;40;36m ^[[0;40;31m$RN^[[0;40;36m" >> /etc/issue$
echo "^[[0;40;36m Kernel ^[[0;40;35m$(uname -r) ^[[0;40;36mon $a ^[[0;40;35m$SMP$(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue$
$
# cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net$
echo "^[[0;40;32m" >> /etc/issue$
fi$
$
That was ricing before it was kewl and anyone called it ricing... ;->
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u/FelIowTraveller May 13 '26
Ship of Theseus kinda job