Slim down Ubuntu server dynamic motd

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The dynamic motd shows a bit too much info by default:

    Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-45-generic x86_64)
    
     * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/
    
      System information as of Thu Feb 12 22:05:52 EET 2015
    
      System load:    0.01                Processes:           153
      Usage of /home: 11.8% of 274.89GB   Users logged in:     0
      Memory usage:   4%                  IP address for eth0: 10.0.1.2
      Swap usage:     0%
    
      Graph this data and manage this system at:
        https://landscape.canonical.com/

I decided to remove the documentation link and the shameless Landscape plug.

/etc/update-motd.d/ includes the scripts which are used to generate the motd. Edit these files:

/etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text
===============================

- Comment the file that starts with printf. This line outputs the "* Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/".

/etc/update-motd.d/50-landscape-sysinfo
=======================================

- (Optional) Comment these lines:
    echo -n "  System information as of "
    /bin/date
    echo

- Comment this line: 
    /usr/bin/landscape-sysinfo
    
- Add this underneath it: 
    /usr/bin/landscape-sysinfo --exclude-sysinfo-plugins=LandscapeLink

This will remove the link to Landscape.

Tada! It's prettier now:

    Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-45-generic x86_64)
    
      System load:    0.46                Processes:           159
      Usage of /home: 11.8% of 274.89GB   Users logged in:     2
      Memory usage:   6%                  IP address for eth0: 10.0.1.2
      Swap usage:     0%