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Goodbye, Comrade (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 100 points 1 year ago (12 children)

WAIT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ONE TRUE LOVE neofetch???

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  • [–] [S] 133 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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