How to get Ascii Ubuntu logo in terminal

Archey is a script that displays system info in the terminal with a logo of this the Linux distro in ASCII art.

Install Archey in ubuntu

sudo apt-get install lsb-release scrot
wget http://github.com/downloads/djmelik/archey/archey-0.2.8.deb
sudo dpkg -i archey-0.2.8.deb 

Using Archey

run the command

archey

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There is screenfetch - It has information about the theme you are using, as well as screen resolution.

  1. Download the code from: http://git.silverirc.com/cgit.cgi/screenfetch.git/plain/screenfetch-dev

  2. Copy the code and Paste the code in a new file in gedit and save as screenfetch in your Home Folder.

  3. Run

    chmod +x screenfetch  
    

    (making sure your terminal is directed to your home folder)

  4. Then:

    ./screenfetch
    

Here are details about the program https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch

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This also has the option of auto taking a screenshot - if you have scrot installed.

  1. Install scrot:

    sudo apt-get install scrot
    
  2. Run screenfecth with -s

    ./screenfetch -s  
    

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A simple one is neofetch. It also displays ascii ubuntu some other info. install with

sudo apt install neofetch

screenfetch

On more recent versions of Ubuntu (>16.04), you can install screenfetch from official repositories:

apt install screenfetch

  • Official code is on GitHub.
  • PPA also available