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2007
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Gnome Easter Egg: Free the fish!

Author rechosen    Category Fun Stuff     Tags easter egg, gnome

A funny Gnome easter egg.

  1. Open the Run Application dialog (Alt + F2)
  2. Enter "free the fish" (without the quotes)
  3. Press Enter
  4. (I have yet to discover how to get rid of that annoying fish again...)

Another way to invoke it:

  1. Right-click your Gnome panel
  2. Click About Panels
  3. Press the "F" key three times

And another easter egg (really lame, but this one is easy to quit):

  1. Open the Run Application dialog (Alt + F2)
  2. Enter "gegls from outer space" (without the quotes)
  3. Press Enter

Please leave a comment if you manage to complete the game, I'd like to know what happens =).

16 Comments to “Gnome Easter Egg: Free the fish!”

  • Hyperair February 11, 2007 at 14:05

    Topic: free the fish

    It is quite easy to quit the fish really.. Just click on the fish and it swims out of the screen for good.

    Reply
  • Hyperair February 11, 2007 at 14:24

    Topic: don't free the fish!

    The fish came back T_T

    Reply
  • Rechosen February 12, 2007 at 14:09

    Topic: Re: don't free the fish!

    > The fish came back T_T

    It seems like only way to get rid of it is restarting the gnome-panel process (I studied the code behind it).

    Reply
  • jake December 2, 2007 at 10:19

    Topic: free the memory!

    er, pkill -11 gnome-panel is good for kicks. in that "oh noes, segfault!" kind of way...

    Reply
  • invincible fish April 4, 2008 at 20:15

    Topic: too lazy to restart

    i'm at work and trying to program while that damn fish swims by.
    i don't feel like restarting X.

    have to deal with this all day.

    Reply
  • jaqueline April 23, 2008 at 18:06

    Topic: tem outro bichinho

    olha eu usei o atalho alt f2 aparece um pexinho e tem algum outro bichinho , rsrsr

    Reply
  • skyie May 8, 2008 at 15:35

    Topic: free the fish

    you should always give fish12 chances dude

    Reply
  • eaglek1 May 9, 2008 at 13:24

    Topic: Kill the fish

    killall gnome-panel

    then restart the panel again (this process is automatic)

    Reply
  • stetson brawner June 24, 2008 at 15:18

    Topic:

    Im berowk can I get a free fish

    Reply
  • wouter215 June 25, 2008 at 17:01

    Topic: kill fish

    Run "killall gnome-panel" to get back out of this one (don't worry, your panel will restart)

    Reply
  • Karen Bach August 22, 2008 at 13:23

    Topic: kill that fish

    yes thank you for that hint it works fine fish is gone.

    Reply
  • asdf August 30, 2008 at 03:19

    Topic: good

    good.

    Reply
  • smushi April 11, 2009 at 16:53

    Topic: bye fishy

    tnx for the help. also couldn't afford to restart x. darn stupid of me to start the fish in the first place :o)

    Reply
  • marz August 7, 2009 at 16:38

    Topic:

    nice one thanks!

    Reply
  • Rick April 4, 2010 at 14:41

    i needed this thanks

    Reply
  • GNU-vautés » Libérez le poisson June 1, 2010 at 19:32

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