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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

I'm really enjoying Pop!_OS, but their logo could use some workshopping imo. I've been considering trying an upstream distro as an educational experience anyway, yet somehow this is what I'm feeling excited about. I don't know why - nobody but me is ever going to see my neofetch output. Lol

(NixOS isn't really in the running... I just wanted a 3rd example and like the logo)

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[-] illusionist@lemmy.zip 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can just use a distrobox ...

The package manager isn't that much of a reason to choose a distro anymore.

Neofetch is not maintained anymore. I can recommend fastfetch.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 19 points 1 month ago

I thought I'd read that somewhere. I haven't had an issue with neofetch yet, but I suppose I should switch.

[-] funkajunk@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fastfetch is better than neofetch, and it can look the same:

fastfetch -c neofetch

EDIT:

Forgot to mention, I like to put it in my .zshrc file so it comes up whenever I open the terminal, but I had some formatting issues until I changed it to this:

fastfetch --pipe false -c neofetch

[-] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah, Neo is dead and no longer developed or supported.

Fast is fantastic and actively developed.

https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Disagree, nix is a lot better than standard package managers. For one, you can have packages installed that rely on different dependecy versions

[-] illusionist@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is nix already "normie" compatible? It has to become much easier.

I really like home manager but even that is too difficult right now.

Same for flatpak, it's on a good path but there is still lots of room for improvement

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[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago
[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 76 points 1 month ago

Thank God you censored your local IP, don't want hackers to find out it's 192.168.1.45

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

A-BAPBAPBAPBA. Not so loud!

[-] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 10 points 1 month ago

That, my good friend, is an amazing onomatopoeia

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 21 points 1 month ago
[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

enigmaraFault.jpg

"This is my Distro! It was made for me!"

Debb..Debbb

edit : shit I mixed up my junji ito references

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[-] kayzeekayzee 38 points 1 month ago

fastfetch supports custom logos!

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 9 points 1 month ago

Ooh, I need to explore this...

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

neofetch too tho

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[-] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 month ago

Garuda dr46nized has a pretty fetch by default on its console.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 1 month ago

Ok that's going to be hard to beat

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[-] varnia 24 points 1 month ago

How do you even compete with a snowflake made of lambdas? NixOS could be your final distro.

[-] monogram@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago

Until you find out that the configuration file syntax is like swift and Haskell had a baby.

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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Damn, I didn't notice they were made out of lambdas. Guess I need to switch to NixOS

[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fulltime Linux user since 2001 or so. Tried so many distros....

I have never once used neofetch. I never really understood why anyone does, but maybe I am missing out....

But if you find a distro you like that makes your neofetch look cool, post it here, I will give you a view so you aren't the only one seeing it!

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[-] tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 18 points 1 month ago

debian when you need image for your docker, nixos when you need stability and reproducibility, arch when you...

i have no idea actually, why arch?

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

so you can say "I use Arch BTW"

[-] jacecomix@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

i like watching the little pacmans install software for me

[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

Arch is great for gaming. Also, if you're familiar with how Linux works, Arch pretty much gets out of your way. Just have btrfs with snapper for rolling back any mistakes. (Although, I've only had to do that once in the last 5 years or so on Arch. And I was trying to replace the graphics driver, so kinda on me.)

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[-] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

When you like rolling release distros because you're still traumatized from trying to version-upgrade Fedora Core. Although I went with Garuda because of convenience tools like garuda-update.

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[-] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

Why do people use neofetch anyway?

[-] AldinTheMage@ttrpg.network 25 points 1 month ago
[-] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Sure, but I don't understand the purpose.
Do people frequently forget their OS/specs?

Or is it just a thing people use to brag about their specs in screenshots?

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Or is it just a thing people use to brag about their specs in screenshots?

Yes.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

I think it's just a thing people like to look at. Some people like the optics of technical specs, and neofetch makes it look pretty.

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Technically they should be using fastfetch now.

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I want to do the Nix thing so bad. It's tempting me but I don't have any time for that.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Neither did I. Now I just don't have time for sleep.

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[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

Most of the *fetches (and clones by other names) have an option for showing a different distro's logo without having to go through any major changes. neofetch, moribund though it is, has --ascii_distro for that purpose (Weird choice of an underscore in an option. Most programs use more hyphens to separate words in long options).

This did get me to install screenfetch (superseded by plain old fetch but realised that too late for this comment), cpufetch (a year old, still in active development) and archey4 (likewise) after I did a bit of research on similar programs though, so maybe the sirens got me one way or the other.

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[-] kittenzrulz123 9 points 1 month ago

If your logo isnt cool enough consider hyfetch :3

[-] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

neofetch is pretty but it is slower than the alternatives: pfetch, fastfetch....etc. I either use those 2 or no fetch whatsoever: I want my terminal pops up and is ready to type.

[-] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why should something like neofetch be faster? Like it just print 1 time and that is...or do people execute it at the terminal opening?

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[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 month ago

Personally I like fastfetch with dacrabs tweaks.

In terms of distributions, I'm not a good example of "so cool!". Its pretty much just Debian. Stable for servers (with proxmox mostly), stable for my main desktop, two machines with Trixie and Sid respectively, then two test boxes with arch and endeavouros (for laziness purposes).

I like LMDE as a rec for others, though I prefer it with KDE which is no longer explicitly supported, so meh.

For family, if I'm doing it, its Deb stable all the way. Even my htpc's are deb stable.

[-] This2ShallPass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

You can customize the logo. Raspberry Pi OS displays as Debian by default but you can force it to be the Raspberry Pi logo.

[-] msage@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

Gentoo or bust

[-] Cevilia 6 points 1 month ago

I recommend HyFetch because pride

[-] juipeltje@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Eventhough i'm a void user i really like the artix logo and i think it's on of the best looking logos in neofetch/fastfetch

[-] prole 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Could just use distrobox and install neofetch/fastfetch on whatever distro you choose

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