As Joan notes, motd
is the key. You can changeThe Debian wiki has good information on how the messagemotd file is generated at boot and how to whatever you want by editingmodify it. Check out the motd
file:
sudo pico /etc/motd
How to keep your /etc/motd from being overwritten section to make permanent motd changes.
If you just want to disable it for your user, create a .hushlogin
file in your home directory:
touch ~/.hushlogin