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Description of problem:
Installing cockpit (cockpit-ws) adds a spam message to motd to ask the user to activate the cockpit web console with systemd.

This is usually not something that's done when installing software that requires socket/service activation.
I would consider this bad practice, there is a lot of software that requires systemd socket/service activation and just imagine if every package that does would add a motd.

I would suggest adding a message that's echoed during installation or even skip the message altogether as it should not be needed.

If a user is installing the package then they should (like with any other software) either: 
* read through the documentation for the product
* know the product
* figure out from experience that there is a systemd socket that probably needs to be enabled.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
238.2

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf install cockpit-ws
2. logout
3. ssh back in to server

Actual results:
New motd message is added:
`Activate the web console with: systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket`

Expected results:
No new motd should be added

Additional info:

This was toned down in bug 1872562 already (hence marking as a duplicate). You can also just rm the file, this is officially supported now since the fix for bug 1876848 landed. I'm afraid having the message by default is a marketing decision.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1872562 ***

Thanks for confirming the suspicion that this is a marketing decision.

That being said, there must be a better way to market the product. Adding spam to motd gives the product a negative impression to users.