How to get Ascii Ubuntu logo in terminal

Question

I was on some linux forum the other day on my phone and people where screen dumping using terminal and everyone had ascii art of their computers they typed something like "screenfetch" or something I don't remember.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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  
   

Answer 3

On more recent versions of Ubuntu, you can install screenfetch from official repositories:

apt install screenfetch

PPA also available here: https://launchpad.net/%7Edjcj/+archive/ubuntu/screenfetch

Official code is now at https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch. Install info for other flavors of Linux is available there.