Fortune

Fortune displays random text messages that are intended to be fun. It uses the original fortune-mod text database, but has a user-friendly interface. You can download versions for Dos, Windows, Linux and a Java-version for any OS.

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The main window of KFortune (Fortune-KDE)

The main window of JFortune (Fortune-Java)

Screenshot of the categories available in Fortune-win32

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Mac, MS-DOS, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Education, End Users/Desktop, Information Technology

User Interface

Java Swing, KDE, Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

C, C++, Java

Database Environment

Flat-file

Related Categories

C++ KDE Software, C++ Games, C KDE Software, C Games, Java KDE Software, Java Games

Registered

2003-01-20

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