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Fedora release 15 (Sesquipedalian) Kernel 2.6.33.3-79.fc13.x86_64 on an x86_64 This is a pre-release version of Fedora, and is running with extra diagnostics that help find bugs, but impact performance. Please read [[DaveMalcolm/DebugSettings]] before attempting to run benchmarks on this system.
How to do this? /etc/issue ?
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Pop up a dialog with the same text:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This is a pre-release version of Fedora, and is running with extra | | diagnostics that help find bugs, but impact performance. | | | | Please read [[DaveMalcolm/DebugSettings]] | | before attempting to run benchmarks on this system. | | | | [ ] Don't show this again | | [ OK ] | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+