When I first used LinuxMint, I thought it was a nice touch to have random messages greet you when you open a new terminal window.
It was different, witty or funny. Four to five releases later, they just don't seem as funny anymore.
So, off to the forums I went and found this:
sudo vim /etc/bash.bashrc Go to the end and remove the line that says:
/usr/games/fortune
And then remove it:
sudo apt-get remove fortune
*update 2/6/2011*
Ok, if you were silly like me and followed forum instructions to remove fortune, then DONT! It'll make your login screen black.
To bring it back, do the following:
sudo apt-get install fortune-mod fortunes-husse fortunes-min mint-artwork-common mint-artwork-gnome mintsystem 
A minor setback. You go and continue being awesome!
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