There are 2 tools which are commonly used to display Linux distribution Logo in the Linux Terminal.
- Neofetch
- Screenfetch
These tools also display a lot more than just the logo. They provide the following information about your system.
- System Model
- Screen Resolution
- Desktop Environment
- Uptime
- Windows Manager
- Packages
- Themes and Icons
- Shell Version
- Terminal Tool in use
- CPU, GPU and RAM information
NEOFETCH
It is a command-line system information tool written in BASH that displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo or any ASCII file of your choice.
This tool can also be used in Linux, MacOS,iOS, Android, Haiku, GNU Hurd, MINIX, Windows(Cygwin/Windows 10 Linux subsystem) and BSD systems.
Neofetch is highly customizable through the use of command-line flags or the user config file. There are over 50 config options and there's also a print_info() function and friends which let you add your own custom information. Visit their wiki page for more information.
Installing NeoFetch.
To install NeoFetch in Debian, Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based Linux distros such as Elementary OS, Linux Mint, Zorin OS etc. Use the following command
sudo apt install neofetch
You can use this ppa if you're using Ubuntu 16.04 and below or if the above command didn't work for your Linux versionAdd ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dawidd0811/neofetch
Update repositories sudo apt update
Install the package sudo apt install neofetch
MacOS(Homebrew) brew install neofetch
Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/MageiaNeofetch is in Fedora's official repositories starting from Fedora 27.
sudo dnf install neofetch
Alternatively, you can use a third-party repo:
NOTE: If you are using RHEL/CentOS, change dnf
into yum
.Enable COPR repository
sudo dnf copr enable konimex/neofetch
Install the package sudo dnf install neofetch
Alternatively:If you're using RHEL/CentOS make sure you have installed
epel-release
Fetch the repo file
curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/konimex/neofetch/repo/epel-7/konimex-neofetch-epel-7.repo
NOTE: If you're using Fedora change
epel-7
to fedora-23
or your Fedora version respectively. However, if you're using RHEL/CentOS 6, change it to epel-6
.Install the package
sudo dnf install neofetch
iOS/iPadOS
Add this repo to your package manager eg Cydia
https://repo.packix.com/
Install Neofetch-iOS from your package manager.For other Linux distributions check the installation instructions on the NeoFetch GitHub page.
To launch and use Neofetch, just type neofetch in the terminal and it will display the Linux logo of your OS in ASCII form along with your system information.
SCREENFETCH
Use the following command
sudo apt-get install screenfetch
For Ubuntu based distributions you will need to add a ppa. Type the following command in your terminal. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:djcj/screenfetch
Update your repositories sudo apt-get update
Install the package apt-get install screenfetch
For Arch-based distributions such as Manjaro use the following command
sudo pacman -S screenfetch
Fedora-based distributions use the following command sudo dnf install screenfetch
To launch screenfetch, use the following commandscreenfetch
Let me know in the comments below which one is your favourite.
neofetch command saved me a lot of time it works better than the screenfetch command
ReplyDeleteI prefer neofetch. Screenfetch is not that appealing
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