A message for each time you log into Friendly Interactive SHell (fish), designed on archlinux.
/path-to-file/file = where you have downloaded the available files Author of the fastfetch config file = https://github.com/CarterLi
Download the 2 files available ("config.jsonc" and "config.fish") Most of these steps can be taken with a file manager.
- Install fastfetch, figlet, fish and lolcat
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm fish figlet fastfetch lolcat
- Make a directory on /etc/ for the fastfetch configuration file and put the config.jsonc (you have downloaded in this git repo) there
sudo mkdir /etc/fastfetch/; sudo mv /path-to-file/config.jsonc /etc/fastfetch/;
- If there is a config.fish on ~/.config/fish/ delete it
rm .config/fish/fish.config
- Put the config.fish (you have downloaded in this git repo) on its correct path
mv /path-to-file/config.fish ~/.config/fish/
If you want for other users (within your system) to have this motd (Message Of The Day) copy the config.fish on their respectives ~/.config/fish/ directories. Example:
/home/user1/.config/fish/
/home/user2/.config/fish/
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This section is dedicated for those who dont want to do but to learn (or both).
motd = Message Of The Day repo = Repositories
fastfetch
Its a pretty command that prints the main information of your system (also called system benchmarks) like distro, RAM, monitor resolution and more
figlet
Makes letters bigger. Much bigger. You give this command a word/phrase and it will "draw" the word/phrase bigger and print it (show it back to you).
fish
A shell is one of the ways we communicate with the system - its the most powerful way. Fish is a shell but its made easier - it shows the preview of words youre typing and has a interactive menu for Tab/autocomplete options; two incredible functions.
lolcat
Makes rainbow text. You input text and it prints back with lots of colors in gradient
With what you read in mind you can now decrypt the image on the guide.
Cool colors = lolcat
The big arch linux logo and system info = fastfetch
Big username = figlet
Note: Fish permits to create this startup message so, although it doesnt look like, all of that is possible because of it.
If you want to replicate the image it will require your newfound concepts and reverse engineering.
Change config.fish file so we can customize the motd. Add figlet and lolcat (big letters and rainbows) to it. Download the config for fastfetch and put in a directory the program reads from. Boom, youre finished.
GL with your ricing. See you in space, cowboy.