Hi,
One little known app that new folks don't know about and probably is forgotten by more experienced users is a little tool called fortune. You can safely apt-get install fortune and what that will give you is a quote for just the asking
From a terminal simply type fortune and words of wisdom will flow forth. Some can be possibly offensive so just a word of caution.
To open an xterm every time you require a daily quote quickly becomes a pain, so I added mine to the information menu.
I copied /usr/share/mythtv/info_menu.xml to be in /home/mythtv/.mythtv and then modified it for the new button. ctl-alt-bksp to restart the desktop should activate the new menu location.
In the info_menu.xml, I added a button.
<button>
<type>NEWS</type>
<text>Information</text>
<action>EXEC /usr/bin/run-info</action>
</button>
Then as root I add a script to /usr/bin/run-info using pieces that I shamelessly borrowed from the ver.sh script. chgrp to be mythtv and permissions something like:
-rwxr-x--- 1 root mythtv 254 Jun 2 23:44 /usr/bin/run-info
Be careful of line wrap if you copy - paste
#<code>
#!/bin/sh
#
export FONT="-adobe-helvetica-bold-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
#
fortune > /tmp/ver
#man fortune for switches
#
cat /tmp/ver | osd_cat --delay=20 --font=$FONT --color=green --shadow=2 --pos=top --align=centre&
#
#festival loading , please wait.
#<end code>
What should appear is a green line or two of text at the top of the screen for ~20 seconds with something that may make a smile. Some lines .may be a little long but I didn't get fancy trying to limit line length
Ignore the festival part as that is a future project to have the words of wisdom spoken also for those who may be slightly impaired visually.
Enjoy
Mike