33
Goodbye, Comrade
(lemmy.ml)
FYI Neofetch dev already escaped the matrix.
Farming, really? A man of your talents?
That's every software engineer's endgame, better to get ahead of the game now 😤
Not a bad time to pick up subsistence farming if you have some land.
Fun fact! The Roman emperor Diocletian abdicated the throne after he stabilised the Roman empire after the Crisis of the Third Century. He retired to his villa in what is now Croatia to grow cabbages. This was an unprecedented move — typically an emperor served for the rest of their life and/or were violently overthrown. However, it took only a few years for the peace that Diocletian had established to begin to crumble into civil war again; when his friends and colleagues beseeched him to return to stabilise things, he was reported to have said "If only you knew the peace and tranquility I gain from tending and growing my cabbages, you would understand the impossibility of such a request!"^[1][2]
I sincerely wish Dylan a life of as much peace and tranquility as the MVP ex-emperor Diocletian.
[1]: I don't remember the source of this particular translation, but the original source for this is Epitome de Caesaribus 39.6
[2]: A different translation of the same line is "If you could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn't dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed.". I prefer this one, because it makes it sound like he was disproportionately proud of his cabbages rather than just glad to be away from the shitstorm of Roman politics. However, the one I actually used fit the sentiment of my comment better.
n.b. I am not a Historian, just a scientist whose late best friend was a Historian, and thus I am morally obligated to use what he taught me to make shitposts.
Edit: formatting
After you've dealt with enough end users, farming is glorious. And a lot more complicated than you would think.
To be honest. Being a carpenter or someone who has an orchard seems amazing to me.
You know, dirt cleans off a lot easier than blood, Quintus.
It's a peaceful life.
For years I have been one foot into the engineer turned goose farmer meme, with the other foot left in my normal job.
It works alright! I don't worry about work while at home in my suburban zoo, and when I'm at work I am not dying to get the hell out of there like I remember being several years ago.
I used to write bash scripts that probably should have been Python. Now I have 6 geese and other birds.
Sweet.
Mine are dogs, turtles, and fish.
I only have two dogs. I'm not quite sure how many cats there are But I think including the fosters are somewhere around a dozen. Sometimes it feels like my property is just a frog and toad sanctuary.
WAIT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ONE TRUE LOVE neofetch???
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.
What's objectively better is that the neofetch developer actually did what we all fantisize about. Maximum respect
Archived after years of inactivity, so it was somewhat predictable.
Hyfetch my beloved
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.
If Linux users cared about what was objectively better, we would have a single distro instead of a thousand.
What is objectively better is actual choice.
Debian has fastfetch now. Neofetch is properly dead.
It's still in the AUR though: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/neofetch
With or without a RAT?
Who wouldn't want to have more rats?
Rawdog the AUR strapless. Get pregnant and birth a rat
Add to your .bashrc:
alias neofetch=fastfetch
You're welcome :)
Petition to rename "neofetch" to "gammelfetch", as it's no longer neo.
Whaaaat??? So bummed to get bad news from memes
Didnt even know it was dead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Its still in the freeBSD repos.
Pfetch
Gesundheit
Pssst, what is neofetch and fastfetch?
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
I've commonly seen it used in a terminal when people are showing off a screenshot of their custom Unix desktop theme.
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.
nix-shell -p neofetch
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
33 points (94.6% liked)
linuxmemes
27647 readers
132 users here now
Hint: :q!
Sister communities:
Community rules (click to expand)
1. Follow the site-wide rules
- Instance-wide TOS: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
- Lemmy code of conduct: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
2. Be civil
- Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
- Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
- Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
- Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
- Bigotry will not be tolerated.
3. Post Linux-related content
- Including Unix and BSD.
- Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of
sudoin Windows. - No porn, no politics, no trolling or ragebaiting.
4. No recent reposts
- Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
5. 🇬🇧 Language/язык/Sprache
- This is primarily an English-speaking community. 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸
- Comments written in other languages are allowed.
- The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
- Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
6. (NEW!) Regarding public figures
We all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations. - Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
- We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
- Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed.
Please report posts and comments that break these rules!
Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS