Has my motd gone too far? It loads a random ANSI catgirl from a folder. I use arch btw, server runs minimized Ubuntu Server.
Catgirls aren’t cringe, but ubuntu is.
You could double the vertical resolution by using half-height blocks (
U+2584) and using the background color for the upper half.Thanks for the suggestion, gonna look into this. I didn’t want to use real images even though kitty supports them because I like the retro look and wanted it terminal agnostic for when I use termux on my phone.
Or using sixels. For example foot supports them, and you can display one with chafa.
The real cringe is using passwords instead of keys to login.
That is a fat L
It would be cringe if you were using a shared server and set this as a default for everyone or if it was interfering with something. But if you’re just minding your own business I could not care less what customisations you put on your terminal as long as it isn’t using excessive resources
I can’t hate on ANSI art even if I’m not in to what the art is of. 🤷
Never too far, also can you share how you did that?
/etc/update-motd.d/01-random-art don’t forget to chmod +x it and put ‘art’ in /usr/share/motd-art. MOTDs are limited to 80 characters wide, so don’t over do it. I made image_to_ansi.py to resize and convert the images.
Nah, I don’t think so. I mean, sure, arch is a little cringe, but it’s not that bad. Cool terminal, btw.
Needs more pixels. You use Kitty, try something like https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa to render a proper picture?
I considered using kitty’s built-in ssh kitten to display real images, but I ended up liking the retro look more.
Okaerinasaimase, goshujinsama
How??? Asking for a friend…
I thought motd could not be scripted hmmm…
/etc/motd no, but it runs the scripts in /etc/update-motd.d/
Never tried it, and IIRC, motd is just a text file - but does that stop you from running a systemd timer to update it every few minutes? Or, if it’s your own server and there’s only a single user (logging in), put a script in your profile that changes the motd for the next login?
For multiple users: /etc/profile or /etc/bash.bashrc
Some shells (e.g.
fish) allow you to easily customize this.
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