captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Oh no, what will all the Arch users do?

steeznson ,

uname -a should make a recovery as a humblebrag way to print your system info while demonstrating knowledge of a (somewhat) obscure command.

cyberpunk007 ,

Is there a neoneofetch?

Adderbox76 ,

Neofetch reloaded. followed by neofetch revolutions.

octopus_ink , (edited )

I'm using fastfetch. Also recommended is hyfetch.

fedev ,

We will continue as usual. I use Arch BTW. 🤣

octopus_ink ,

Oh no, what will all the Arch users do?

Install one of many alternatives already present in the repos or AUR?

vsis ,
@vsis@feddit.cl avatar

“Have taken up farming.”

https://feddit.cl/pictrs/image/5a2e3114-9fd6-482c-ad4b-66c23249a40c.jpeg

steeznson ,

Hope they are ready for grandpa's review in a couple years' time!

unterzicht ,

I don't understand the fascination with a program that tells you what kind of system you're using. I'm not trolling. Can someone enlighten me on its usefulness beyond "yep, that's what my system looks like"?

cyrus ,
@cyrus@wetdry.world avatar

@unterzicht that IS it's use. It is primarily used in show-off posts where people present their systems so that people in the replies can get a quick glance on what they're running.

The reason this is big news is because neofetch was by far the biggest project of it's kind

Cysioland ,
@Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml avatar

It's for showing off your setup to others

exanime ,

Thanks for being brave enough to ask the question I was too cowardly to post

Linkerbaan ,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

Neofetch is actually a benchmarking tool used by Arch Linux users which compete to show their high scores.

interdimensionalmeme ,

It is for the situation "what even is this OS" that aren't answered by uname -r

But since you need to know what OS this is to install this program with the package manager, it's only useful if it was previously installed during the initial setup.

I guess its one of those program every OS should have installed. Like screen.

bamboo ,

That’s what cat /etc/os-release is for.

Patch ,

It's a command that pulls a whole bunch of useful system information and sticks it on one page.

Really, the biggest use of it is for showing other people your system- especially showing off. It's a staple of "look at my system" brag posts.

But to be generous, there are (small) legit use cases for it. If you manage a lot of machines, and you plausibly don't know the basic system information for whatever you happen to be working on in this instant, it's a program that will give you most of what you could want to know in a single command. Yes, 100% of the information could be retrieved just as easily using other standard commands, but having it in a single short command, outputting to a single overview page, formatted to be easily readable at a glance, is no bad thing.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres ,

I install it on servers and put it in my bash profile so it runs when I SSH in or open a new terminal tab. Mostly just as a safety thing. It’s basically a reminder to double check I’m on the correct machine/tab before I run any commands.

Anarchistcowboy ,

This is my use case as well i run neofetch on ssh connect and disconnect so I always have a visual indicator of what machine I'm in.

unterzicht ,

That seems pretty useful, actually.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres ,

It doesn’t have to be neofetch but even in my containers and docker stuff, I try to put a little message so I don’t fuck up something.

Running through a checklist is important. I learned that from a helicopter pilot at a bar but I do think it’s true in our field. It’s not life or death on a server but training yourself to go through a simple checklist (even if it’s just “make sure this is the right terminal tab”) is good advice.

ErKaf ,

Good for him. Cheers

ForgottenUsername ,

F

polographer ,

F

KingThrillgore ,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

Pour one out for my homie

MonkderDritte ,

Oh no. Anyway.

Asudox ,
@Asudox@lemmy.world avatar

pfetch is nice

baseless_discourse ,

Lol archived! https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch

Asudox , (edited )
@Asudox@lemmy.world avatar

oh wow, only 4 days ago

baseless_discourse , (edited )

I think it is made by the same author, thus archived at similar time.

clemdemort ,
@clemdemort@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/715d237a-91f6-49e7-9f24-0538b0186da8.jpeg

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Based on the commit messages the last REAL update was 5 years ago.

ratzki ,

Fastfetch!

Fizz ,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

To bloated

UnfortunateShort ,

Fasterfetch!

GolfNovemberUniform ,

Is it a real thing?

Cyber ,

Only Coke is the Real Thing

GolfNovemberUniform ,

Probably should be rewritten in a more secure language because it fetches important system data

leopold ,

nearly your entire system is written in C and you're worried about a simple fetch program

corsicanguppy ,

Did C ever generate bloated or insecure stuff for you? I had a completely different experience so I'm curious.

steeznson ,

lmao re-writing screenfetch in rust to avoid undefined behaviour is peak rust.

I don't want to check github because I'm sure dozens of these will exist!

FaizalR ,
@FaizalR@kbin.social avatar

Is the a good alternative to ?

octopus_ink ,

I think screenfetch came first, but I'm sure it's fine if you like it. I'm using fastfetch.

moreeni ,

Does it have to be developed further? Neofetch looks like a finished product.

otter ,
@otter@lemmy.ca avatar

It would need to keep up with future changes and any security updates

moreeni ,

Well, it does its job for now. As for the security updates... Isn't neofetch just a little fancy tool to display data from your system that is already exposed to any process on your distribution? What attack surface does it introduce?

otter ,
@otter@lemmy.ca avatar

Going by the releases, it didn't need updates that often, but it still needed updates to fix and ensure compatibility as things changed

Security wise, I think you're right

exu ,
@exu@feditown.com avatar

It still had issues like handling 8-bit colors in ascii art incorrectly last I checked a few years back, with that pr already being a few years old then.

stsquad ,

I wonder which of the many fetch tools support 24bit terminal colours.

Treeniks ,

according to the Asahi guy, it doesn't work correctly for ARM: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111018734178152229

I am utterly oblivious to how neofetch works, but it does seem to need updates to support newer tech.

Classy ,

Doesn't affect me since I'm on EndeavourOS and they discontinued ARM support anyway!

embed_me ,
@embed_me@programming.dev avatar

True for all programs

reallyzen ,
@reallyzen@lemmy.ml avatar

Works on mine

Édit: (10)... Ah, I see the point, indeed.

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

On first sight yes, in reality: no.

eager_eagle ,
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

most popular fork - hyfetch

PseudoSpock ,
@PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

That's so fetch!

atzanteol ,

Stop trying to make "fetch" happen.

evidences ,

Why not, it's streets ahead

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

It's so fetchy!

Tywele ,
@Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Does it not have a Fedora package or is it just not listed on the GitHub page?

DmMacniel ,

pip install hyfetch

Tywele ,
@Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I just found it weird that one of the most popular distros doesn't have a package for it.

DmMacniel ,

Is that unusual that python packages aren't shipped as deb/rpm? Or any language packages for that matter?

mexicancartel ,

Wtf bro its an LGBTQ fork and not the same thing?

GolfNovemberUniform , (edited )

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    not_amm ,

    You know you can just ignore it and check alternatives, since there are a lot of forks, right?

    GolfNovemberUniform ,

    Yes. It's actually the best idea. I guess I'm just not strong enough to avoid arguing in that case

    anarchist ,
    @anarchist@lemmy.ml avatar

    How are you on lemmy, of all places

    modcolocko ,

    The readme states:

    "This repo also serves as an updated version of the original neofetch since the upstream dylanaraps/neofetch doesn't seem to be maintained anymore (as of Oct 27, 2023, the original repo hasn't merged a pull request for almost 2 years). If you only want to use the updated neofetch without pride flags, you can use the neofetch script from this repo. To prevent command name conflict, I call it neowofetch :)"

    mexicancartel ,

    But its essentially an LGBTQ version and not a "maintained version of neofetch"

    modcolocko ,

    Well yes obviously but it does serve a purpose as a maintained fork, that's why I included that. I expect a normal fork will be made soon because of this news.

    eager_eagle ,
    @eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

    finally touching some grass

    yo_scottie_oh ,

    nasal congestion intensifies

    nexussapphire ,

    https://media1.tenor.com/m/w7KOn9rjCIsAAAAC/monty-python-explode.gif

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