ASCII logo with system details on the terminal (any layout)

Well, today I come to explain how we can put the logo of our distribution with some details of the system in our terminal.

For this we are going to use screen fetch. Let's install it.

En Arch:

$  yaourt -S screenfetch-git

En Debian y Ubuntu (not sure if it is in the old versions):

# apt-get install screenfetch

For other distributions and / or previous versions:

wget http://git.silverirc.com/cgit.cgi/screenfetch.git/snapshot/screenfetch-2.5.5.tar.gz && tar -xvf screenfetch-2.5.5.tar.gz && sudo cp screenfetch-dev /bin/ && sudo chmod +x /bin/screenfetch-dev

Now, open console and type:

$ nano .bashrc

A LOT OF ATTENTION

If you installed screen fetch with apt-get o Yogurt you write screenfetch & and you save with CTRL + O and then to exit you type CTRL + X, but if you installed it with the «long» command you write screenfetch-dev & and to save CTRL + O and then to exit you type CTRL + X

You close the console and open it again.

I hope they serve.

Greetings.


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  1.   Abimael martell said

    Very good, I always wondered how they did to put that in the XD terminals

  2.   joselyn said

    Very useful! but there is an error in the command that you have put for «other distributions» it should be this:

    wget http://git.silverirc.com/cgit.cgi/screenfetch.git/snapshot/screenfetch-2.5.5.tar.gz && tar -xvf screenfetch-2.5.5.tar.gz && sudo cp screenfetch-2.5.5 / screenfetch-dev / bin / && sudo chmod + x / bin / screenfetch-dev

    1.    @Jlcmux said

      It is true. Hopefully some admin edit. Because I don't have the privilege. Not even being the author hehe

      Regards.!

  3.   martin said

    In Arch Linux there are also alsi, archey and archey3 (ported to Python3).
    Now if what we want is complete information about our HW, Inxi is second to none:

    alias Inxi = 'inxi -ACDdGiIPpluNnxstcm -xD -v7 -xxxS -z'

  4.   rots87 said

    thank you ^ _ ^ today I get to do it in my terminal lol ...

  5.   xxmlud said

    Hahaha, thanks for the contribution, but I get this "error" and I don't know how to fix it.
    - QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.

    If someone happens to him, and he knows how to fix it, tell me 😉

    regards

    1.    hexborg said

      That's cool. You can see that the blog is growing. 🙂

  6.   linux man R4 said

    In Ubuntu 12.04 the package does not appear.

  7.   armandoplc said

    For the crunchbang logo .. screenfetch -D crunchbang

  8.   linux man R4 said

    In Ubuntu 12.04 this was the command that worked for me ...

    wget http://served.kittykatt.us/projects/screenfetch/screenfetch-2.4.0.deb && sudo dpkg -i screenfetch-2.4.0.deb

    1.    crotus said

      On the web the latest version of August / 2012 is 2.5.0 so to have the latest it would be:
      wget http://served.kittykatt.us/projects/screenfetch/screenfetch-2.5.0.deb && sudo dpkg -i screenfetch-2.5.0.deb

      Regards!

  9.   helena_ryuu said

    Thanks a lot !!!!! Now the terminal looks cooler ^^

  10.   rots87 said

    just a curious fact ... in my bashrc I have to remove the & because in case I leave it, it waits for some instruction

    1.    @Jlcmux said

      Ok. Thanks for the info.

    2.    O_Pixote_O said

      I love you uncle xD, I've been trying to fix it for half an hour and it hadn't occurred to me yet.

  11.   Ivan Barra Martinez placeholder image said

    Very grateful, excellent tip.

    greetings.

    1.    Ivan Barra said

      But it only shows me the TUX penguin, it doesn't show me the Centos 6 logo !! Someone guide me please !!

      Greetings.

  12.   truko22 said

    I use alsi 😀

  13.   doofycuba said

    Where can I download it for debian, is that the repo that I have is super out of date lol ... xD, I will act soon, super !!!

    1.    @Jlcmux said

      You can use wget http://served.kittykatt.us/projects/screenfetch/screenfetch-2.5.0.deb && sudo dpkg -i screenfetch-2.5.0.deb

  14.   Claudio said

    Thanks to Joselin's comment I was able to install it, since it gave me an error. now, someone with Debian gets an error in the formation of the logo? In the upper part it does not get to form well. Also, how do I get it to run every time I open a terminal and not have to be with each of them (or when turning on the notebook) with screenfetch-dev & to make it work?
    I do screenfetch-dev & plus Ctrl O but when opening another terminal the "effect" went away

    1.    @Jlcmux said

      Find a file called .bashrc (Invisible) in your home and put the command crefetch-dev then just save changes and that's it.

      1.    Claudio said

        Thanks che! It works and everything heh!

  15.   William said

    not working on ubuntu12.10

    1.    @Jlcmux said

      To install it. wget http://served.kittykatt.us/projects/screenfetch/screenfetch-2.4.0.deb && sudo dpkg -i screenfetch-2.4.0.deb

  16.   Algave said

    Very nice but this error throws me (in Arch)

    / usr / bin / screenfetch: line 924: [: missing `] '
    / usr / bin / screenfetch: line 931: [: missing `] '

    Any suggestion? : p

    1.    Laegnur said

      Good

      It gives me the same mistakes.

    2.    dmazed said

      look for it in the repos to see if you like it
      $yaourt -Ss screenfetch

      1.    Laegnur said

        The problem is not installing it. That already is. The problem comes from an error in the script code

    3.    Daniel said

      In nano .bashrc it worked for me by typing screenfetch -D archlinux

  17.   Ivan Barra said

    I installed it on Centos 6 i686 using the mageia 2 rpm available at pkgs.org

    Greetings.

    1.    Ivan Barra said

      Like DFC, and I put it with an alias in .bashrc

      alias df = »dfc -T»

      Greetings and Thanks for the good tips on this blog.

  18.   dmazed said

    I was able to install it in my file but it swallows some letters and others do not come out except as tucked behind others, any suggestions? The logo comes out like a Christmas tree with the tip bent XD

    1.    hexborg said

      What font do you have in your terminal emulator? Make sure it's monospaced. Some of those that put "mono" or "fixed" in the name.

  19.   Daniel said

    I am using Cinnarch, and in the terminal I get the Tux penguin. Shouldn't I get the Arch Linux logo? or I get Tux because it still doesn't support this distribution. (by the way as in the page user agent). If anyone knows the answer, or knows what to do, thank you. 🙂

    1.    hexborg said

      Try screenfetch -D arch

      1.    Daniel said

        Thanks for replying, I did and the penguin keeps popping up.

      2.    Daniel said

        it worked for me by typing screenfetch -D archlinux thanks!

  20.   Angel lavin said

    thanks for the ingo

  21.   Mauricio Torres said

    Good morning I would like to know where I can get all the ascii logos to save them in a document thank you very much