Serious question: if something is “finished” why would that spark removal. At some point a lot of complete programs will no longer be actively maintained but they are still useful and working.
Also, is there a way to keep copies of things like this? I know how to install via apt install, and whatnot, but that relies on an internet connection and a repo. I’m used to windows where I can back up the installers on my hard drive.
Even if something is finished it’s a risk if no one looks after it since there’s always the possibility of security vulnerabilities, software is rarely truly done.
For Arch, packages are archived online for quite a while, you could still install neofetch via sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/neofetch/neofetch-7.1.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zst currently.
Installed packages are also left in /var/cache/pacman/pkg until cleaned up manually and can be similarly installed from there. The one thing to look out for is whether the dependencies are still available and compatible since, unlike on Windows, packages don’t usually bundle their dependencies. For a closer experience in that regard there’s .AppImage which is a self-contained package similar to an .exe.
$ apt search neofetch
fastfetch/stable,unstable 2.40.4+dfsg-1 amd64
neofetch-like tool for fetching system information
hyfetch/stable,stable,unstable,unstable 1.99.0-1.1 all
Command-line Tool that Presents System Info
linuxlogo/stable,unstable 6.01-0.1 amd64
Color ANSI System Logo
neowofetch/stable,stable,unstable,unstable 1.99.0-1.1 all
Shows Linux System Information with Distribution Logo
WAIT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ONE TRUE LOVE
neofetch???Got archived because it’s “feature complete” and won’t receive more updates, but some package managers removed it.
There is objectively better alternatives like fastfetch.
What’s objectively better is that the neofetch developer actually did what we all fantisize about. Maximum respect
Archived after years of inactivity, so it was somewhat predictable.
Hyfetch my beloved
If Linux users cared about what was objectively better, we would have a single distro instead of a thousand.
What is objectively better is actual choice.
Yes, I know that, I was making a joke.
Serious question: if something is “finished” why would that spark removal. At some point a lot of complete programs will no longer be actively maintained but they are still useful and working.
Also, is there a way to keep copies of things like this? I know how to install via apt install, and whatnot, but that relies on an internet connection and a repo. I’m used to windows where I can back up the installers on my hard drive.
Even if something is finished it’s a risk if no one looks after it since there’s always the possibility of security vulnerabilities, software is rarely truly done.
For Arch, packages are archived online for quite a while, you could still install neofetch via
sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/n/neofetch/neofetch-7.1.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zstcurrently.Installed packages are also left in
/var/cache/pacman/pkguntil cleaned up manually and can be similarly installed from there. The one thing to look out for is whether the dependencies are still available and compatible since, unlike on Windows, packages don’t usually bundle their dependencies. For a closer experience in that regard there’s.AppImagewhich is a self-contained package similar to an.exe.In Debian trixie:
Looks like you’ve got alternatives.
Fastfetch is a good replacement, but you can still install neofetch manually
It became a dozen slightly different clones.
It’s like everyone’s favorite “hello world” application.