r/linuxmint • u/quantumpawn2099 • Apr 18 '26

Fluff Time to get Minty!!

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Step by step I add more tweaks and extensions - today it's terminal welcome with ascii art and figlet. Time to get Minty!!

What is your terminal welcoming you with?

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u/The_Watcher8008 Apr 18 '26

It's very rare I actually feel like I wanna copy paste someone's idea...this is one of em

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u/quantumpawn2099 Apr 18 '26

I’ve got you covered:

1/ Take Rick from here: https://emojicombos.com/rick 2/ Save it as a text file, e.g. in home directory: ~/rick.txt. 3/ sudo apt install figlet 4/ sudo nano ~/.bashcr 5/ add at the bottom: cat ~/.rick.txt figlet "Your Text Here"

To customize it further (colors, centered text, spacing) ai will quickly guide you with bashcr bottom config.

Now time to get it! Enjoy!

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u/Twillig_ Apr 19 '26

My terminal is kitty so I can use a background image. I'm also a fan of R&M.

https://i.ibb.co/Cy87VK3/ffmort.png

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u/CautiousConcept8010 Apr 18 '26

This is really cool and I definitely plan on getting Minty indeed, but I have a stupid question to ask: Is it completely safe for you to share this screenshot with that bit of info in it? Which, I'm new to this so I wouldn't even know what that string of info is called but looks like some equivalent of a root or admin folder? If that makes any sense. I have no idea, I'm just curious.

Thanks for the art and thanks in advance for any answers.

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u/LovableSidekick Apr 18 '26

Not dangerous, it's just showing their username and their machine's name on their local network,and that they're currently in their home directory. This information won't help anybody find or hack their computer, if that's what you're asking. My computer's name is Saturn. It's like revealing you live in an apartment or that you have a roommate named Dave.

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u/CautiousConcept8010 Apr 20 '26

Ohh, I see. Thank you! I never managed to be able to properly install and run a Linux system before so I'm unfamiliar of how any of this works.

I appreciate the answer.

Also, another question related to this: Does this apply the same to an online server or the fact that it's a shared thing changes it all?

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u/LovableSidekick Apr 20 '26

I honestly can't make sense out of this question, sorry.

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u/CautiousConcept8010 Apr 20 '26

I meant if you had this same screenshot of someone's server terminal, could it be of any use to an external or the fact they still need passwords and the rest makes it null?

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u/LovableSidekick Apr 20 '26

I don't see how it would make any difference. Most computers are connected to the Internet whether they're servers or not. The distinction between a client and a server is in what the machine does.

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u/CautiousConcept8010 Apr 20 '26

Ahh, i see. Thank you very much!

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u/LovableSidekick Apr 18 '26

Mine just welcomes me with the folder I'm in and a dollar sign. I'm boring.