pro_grammer@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoNeofetch development discontinued, repository archivedgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNeofetch development discontinued, repository archivedgithub.compro_grammer@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/13437386 The author’s profile says this: “Have taken up farming.”
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoDoes it have to be developed further? Neofetch looks like a finished product.
minus-squareTreeniks@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoaccording to the Asahi guy, it doesn’t work correctly for ARM: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111018734178152229 I am utterly oblivious to how neofetch works, but it does seem to need updates to support newer tech.
minus-squareReallyZen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoWorks on mine Édit: (10)… Ah, I see the point, indeed.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoDoesn’t affect me since I’m on EndeavourOS and they discontinued ARM support anyway!
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoIt would need to keep up with future changes and any security updates
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWell, it does its job for now. As for the security updates… Isn’t neofetch just a little fancy tool to display data from your system that is already exposed to any process on your distribution? What attack surface does it introduce?
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoGoing by the releases, it didn’t need updates that often, but it still needed updates to fix and ensure compatibility as things changed Security wise, I think you’re right
Does it have to be developed further? Neofetch looks like a finished product.
according to the Asahi guy, it doesn’t work correctly for ARM: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111018734178152229
I am utterly oblivious to how neofetch works, but it does seem to need updates to support newer tech.
Works on mine
Édit: (10)… Ah, I see the point, indeed.
Doesn’t affect me since I’m on EndeavourOS and they discontinued ARM support anyway!
It would need to keep up with future changes and any security updates
Well, it does its job for now. As for the security updates… Isn’t neofetch just a little fancy tool to display data from your system that is already exposed to any process on your distribution? What attack surface does it introduce?
Going by the releases, it didn’t need updates that often, but it still needed updates to fix and ensure compatibility as things changed
Security wise, I think you’re right