• MarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      132·
      2 days ago

      Got archived because it’s “feature complete” and won’t receive more updates, but some package managers removed it.

      There is objectively better alternatives like fastfetch.

      • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        Serious question: if something is “finished” why would that spark removal. At some point a lot of complete programs will no longer be actively maintained but they are still useful and working.

        Also, is there a way to keep copies of things like this? I know how to install via apt install, and whatnot, but that relies on an internet connection and a repo. I’m used to windows where I can back up the installers on my hard drive.

        • miss phant@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          3·
          16 hours ago

          Even if something is finished it’s a risk if no one looks after it since there’s always the possibility of security vulnerabilities, software is rarely truly done.

          For Arch, packages are archived online for quite a while, you could still install neofetch via sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/neofetch/neofetch-7.1.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zst currently.

          Installed packages are also left in /var/cache/pacman/pkg until cleaned up manually and can be similarly installed from there. The one thing to look out for is whether the dependencies are still available and compatible since, unlike on Windows, packages don’t usually bundle their dependencies. For a closer experience in that regard there’s .AppImage which is a self-contained package similar to an .exe.

      • lightnegative@lemmy.world
        135·
        2 days ago

        What’s objectively better is that the neofetch developer actually did what we all fantisize about. Maximum respect

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      32·
      2 days ago

      In Debian trixie:

      $ apt search neofetch
 fastfetch/stable,unstable 2.40.4+dfsg-1 amd64
  neofetch-like tool for fetching system information

hyfetch/stable,stable,unstable,unstable 1.99.0-1.1 all
  Command-line Tool that Presents System Info

linuxlogo/stable,unstable 6.01-0.1 amd64
  Color ANSI System Logo

neowofetch/stable,stable,unstable,unstable 1.99.0-1.1 all
  Shows Linux System Information with Distribution Logo

      Looks like you’ve got alternatives.

      • kernelle@0d.gs
        2·
        2 days ago

        Fastfetch is a good replacement, but you can still install neofetch manually

    • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
      131·
      2 days ago

      It became a dozen slightly different clones.

      It’s like everyone’s favorite “hello world” application.

    • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      91·
      1 day ago

      Neofetch is the precursor to Fastfetch, Neofetch eventually became unmaintained which birthed Fastfetch a fork of Neofetch.

      Essentially it’s a CLI tool to quickly list out system specifications, you can change what it lists with a config file.

      Here is their GitHub - https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        8·
        1 day ago

        I’ve commonly seen it used in a terminal when people are showing off a screenshot of their custom Unix desktop theme.

        • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          Some distros come with it pre-installed some have to do it manually, if you’re trying make your operating system have more pizzaz then small things like this spice it up.

          Fastfetch is actually quite customizable yet most people leave it on the defaults since it adopts the theme of each distro.

  • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
    3·
    2 days ago

    I looked for it on openbsd, but then realized I can just open the source and put the openbsd relevant parts in a script without all the unnecessary parts.