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Gnome Easter Egg: Free the fish!
rechosen | 31 January, 2007 14:05
A funny Gnome easter egg.
- Open the Run Application dialog (Alt + F2)
- Enter "free the fish" (without the quotes)
- Press Enter
- (I have yet to discover how to get rid of that annoying fish again...)
Another way to invoke it:
- Right-click your Gnome panel
- Click About Panels
- Press the "F" key three times
And another easter egg (really lame, but this one is easy to quit):
- Open the Run Application dialog (Alt + F2)
- Enter "gegls from outer space" (without the quotes)
- Press Enter
Please leave a comment if you manage to complete the game, I'd like to know what happens =).
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don't free the fish!
Hyperair | 11/02/2007, 14:24
The fish came back T_T
Re: don't free the fish!
Rechosen | 12/02/2007, 14:09
> 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).
free the memory!
jake | 02/12/2007, 10:19
er, pkill -11 gnome-panel is good for kicks. in that "oh noes, segfault!" kind of way...
too lazy to restart
invincible fish | 04/04/2008, 20:15
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.
tem outro bichinho
jaqueline | 23/04/2008, 18:06
olha eu usei o atalho alt f2 aparece um pexinho e tem algum outro bichinho , rsrsr
free the fish
skyie | 08/05/2008, 15:35
you should always give fish12 chances dude
Kill the fish
eaglek1 | 09/05/2008, 13:24
killall gnome-panel
then restart the panel again (this process is automatic)
Re: Gnome Easter Egg: Free the fish!
stetson brawner | 24/06/2008, 15:18
Im berowk can I get a free fish
kill fish
wouter215 | 25/06/2008, 17:01
Run "killall gnome-panel" to get back out of this one (don't worry, your panel will restart)
kill that fish
Karen Bach | 22/08/2008, 13:23
yes thank you for that hint it works fine fish is gone.
bye fishy
smushi | 11/04/2009, 16:53
tnx for the help. also couldn't afford to restart x. darn stupid of me to start the fish in the first place :o)
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free the fish
Hyperair | 11/02/2007, 14:05
It is quite easy to quit the fish really.. Just click on the fish and it swims out of the screen for good.