Neofetch Merlin Config

• The following is my custom configuration file for Neofetch using ascii art made by Adithyan-KV and several additional perameters using the prin option in Neofetch.

• My Terminal Emulator of choice is Tilix and therefore some of my customizations are tilix specific.

Contents

• Preview
• Additional Software Required
• Additions to Neofetch Config
• Sources
• Thoughts

Preview

Merlin Acsii Preview

PipBoy Acsii Preview

Additional Software Required

• protonvpn-cli
• lutris
• ripgrep
• nerd-fonts
• efibootmgr

Installing Additional software/dependancies.

In Ubuntu and debian these packages can be installed easily with the following commands:

protonvpn-cli

wget https://protonvpn.com/download/protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.1-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.1-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install protonvpn

Lutris

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lutris

RipGrep

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ripgrep

EFI Boot Manager

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install efibootmgr

Nerd Fonts

git clone https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts.git
cd nerd-fonts

Install all nerd fonts

./iinstall.sh

Install individual font or fonts

./install.sh <FontName>

Example:

./install.sh CodeNewRoman
./install.sh ProggyClean

Additions to Neofetch Config

• This is done usinng the prin option

Bootloader

prin "異Bootloader" "$(efibootmgr | rg "Boot`efibootmgr | rg "BootOrder" | cut -c12-15`" | cut -c11-)"

• uses efibootmgr and grep or ripgrep to find the default 1st bootloader then grep again using that number string to determine the default bootloaders label.

Lutris Games

prin " Lutris Games" "$(ls /home/$USER/.local/share/lutris/banners | wc -l)"

• Uses the ls and wc commands to show how many games I have installed on Lutris

Sound Server

prin "墳Sound Server" "$(pactl info | rg 'Server Name' | cut -c13-)"

• I have started using Pipewire as a sound Server and since its still new and part incorporated into my distro by default it is important to make sure the system is still using it.
• I use pactl info with grep or rg(ripgrep) to make sure pipewire is working properly.

Alternate method to display terminal font on Tilix

prin " Terminal Font" "$(dconf dump /com/gexperts/Tilix/profiles/[Profile String]/ | rg "font" --max-count=1 | cut -c6-)"

• For whatever reason the term_font function doesn't work on tilix. I'm not sure why.
• See the Neofetch Wiki for more info about this.
• As a result I am using dconf dump with grep or rg(ripgrep) to find this infomation.
• this requires you to find the string assosiated with your Tilix profile using the command dconf dump /com/gexperts/Tilix/profiles

• This implementation is problematic and may not alsways work. However it has worked for me so far.

ProtonVpn Server

prin "旅 ProtonVPN Server" "$(protonvpn-cli s | rg "Server" --max-count=1 | cut -c11-)"

• This simply displays which ProtonVPN Server I am connected to too.

Added glyphs to all function labels

• This is accomplished by installing any nerd font.
• Set installed nerd-font as the font used by your terminal emulator
• In Tilix this can be done by opening Preferences, Selecting your profile. checking the box for "Custom Font" and selecting whichever Nerd Font that's installed.
• In other Terminal Emulators you may have to edit a config file manually.
  • In kitty open /home/$USER/.config/kitty/kitty.conf in your editor of choice.
  • In Alacritty the config file is located in /home/$USER/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

How to use

Clone the repo or download its contents

git clone https://github.com/BelArvardan/Neofetch_Merlin_Config /home/$USER/.config/neofetch

run neofetch

neofetch

Run with Custom Config File or Custom Image

Custom configuration

neofetch --config /path/to/config

Example:

neofetch --config /home/$USER/.config/neofetch/config-w3m.conf

Custom Image

neofetch --source /path/to/img

Example:

neofetch --source /home/$USER/.config/neofetch/ascii/skull.txt

For Terminal Emulators that support inline images

neofetch --config /home/$USER/.config/neofetch/config-w3m.conf or neofetch --w3m source --source /home/$USER/.config/neofetch/images/space-wizard-car.jpeg

Example using Kitty

neofetch --kitty source /home/$USER/.config/neofetch/images/space-wizard-car.jpeg

Sources

Acsii

• merlin.txt designed by Adithyan-KV.
• pipboy.txt found on r/Fallout.
• skull.txt designed by Adithyan-KV.
• vampire.txt found on asciiart.eu
• viking.txt found on asciiart.website

Images

• space-wizard-car.jpeg found on r/SS13

Other Tools

• Goph An easy way to install many terminal color themes.

Thoughts

• Neofetch is a fun and useful tool which is widely used and highly customizable.
• Hopefully my config example will inspire others to create new useful customizations.
• My additions are very simple and slightly hacky, so I'm sure others can easily create new and amazing additions.
• This is the 1st project I have posted in several years.
• Any comments or suggestions are welcome.