Hi: If that's all you need you can simply add a line to your .bash_profile

echo -e "The date = "$(date)"\nThe user = "$(id)

or

echo -e "The date = "`date`"\nThe user = "`id`

Assuming you're using bash as default interpreter.

Kind regards

Alternatively you could create a bash-script and start it at logon with Startup Applications Preferences. You can start this GUI tool with the following command.

gnome-session-properties

The content of the bash-script could be something like this.

#!/bin/bash
# print date
date
# print name
whoami
# wait for input
read

Don't forget to make the script executable!

chmod 755 /somewhere/script.sh