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Ubuntu Easter Egg: How To Get Your Terminal To Moo

By TechTaffy Desk

How can you get your Terminal in Ubuntu to Moo? Follow the steps. Why would you want to do such a thing? Because its fun, and because now you know how to.

The image is pretty self-explanatory, but let me spell out the steps all the same:

  1. Pull up a new Terminal window with the key combination Ctrl+Alt+T.
  2. Type in aptitude moo and press Enter. Read the prompt and grin.
  3. Type in aptitude -v moo and press Enter. Read the prompt and grin again.
  4. Type in aptitude – vv moo and press Enter. Grin..
  5. Type in aptitude -vvv moo and press Enter. Grin.
  6. Type in aptitude -vvvv moo and press Enter. Grin.
  7. Type in aptitude -vvvvv moo and press Enter. Enjoy the awesomeness. Grin harder.
  8. Type in aptitude -vvvvvv moo to understand the Easter Egg the Terminal just threw out.  

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