"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@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

modcolocko@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y

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.

GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml · -15 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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not_amm@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml · -7 pts · 2y

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

anarchist@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

How are you on lemmy, of all places

unterzicht@lemmy.ml · 36 pts · 2y (11 replies)

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@wetdry.world · 24 pts · 2y

@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

Patch@feddit.uk · 23 pts · 2y

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.

Linkerbaan@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

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

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

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@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That seems pretty useful, actually.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

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.

exanime@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 2y

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

Konstant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

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interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

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

ratzki@discuss.tchncs.de · 32 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Fastfetch!

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

To bloated

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Fasterfetch!

GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is it a real thing?

Cyber@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 2y