5 Tools for you to use on your WM

In this post I will show you 5 useful(less) and attractive tools to use in your rice on #unixporn

1. Pipes

Pipes are animated screen savers

To install:

git clone https://github.com/pipeseroni/pipes.sh.git
cd pipes.sh
sudo make install

Then run pipes.sh on the terminal, to exit press the q key. For more information and parameters see the manual section 6 page: man 6 pipes.sh.

pipes

Useful links for pipes.sh

2. tty-clock

Displays a simple digital clock on the terminal.

To install:

git clone https://github.com/xorg62/tty-clock.git
cd tty-clock
sudo make install

Then run tty-clock on the terminal if you want to leave in the center run with the parameter -c tty-clock -c, to exit press q. For more information and parameters refer to page 1 of the manual: man 1 tty-clock.

Useful link for tty-clock

https://github.com/xorg62/tty-clock

3. Neofetch with images

Displays image in neofetch instead of ASCII characters.

After installing Neofetch via your package manager, also install the w3m package, examples:

emerge w3m # Gentoo, Funtoo, Sabayon, ...
apt install w3m # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, ...
pacman -S w3m # Arch, Manjaro, Antergos, ...

Then edit the neofetch configuration file: vim ~/.config/neofetch/config.conf then look for the line with the term: image_backend, if you can’t find it add it to w3m: image_backend="w3m". Also change the line with the term image_source and assign your image path: image_source="/path/to/image.png", if you want your Wallpaper to appear, give the word wallpaper: image_source="wallpaper"

Turn the neofetch.

Useful link for neofetch

https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch

4. pacman.sh

Download the code: wget http://bit.ly/pacmansh -O pacman.sh, make it executable chmod +x pacman.sh, run it: ./pacman.sh. If you want it to appear every time you open the terminal, run the commands below:

For BASH:

mv pacman.sh ~/.local/share/
echo '$HOME/.local/share/pacman.sh' >> ~/.bashrc

For ZSH:

mv pacman.sh ~/.local/share/
echo '$HOME/.local/share/pacman.sh' >> ~/.zshrc

For FISH:

mv pacman.sh ~/.local/share/
echo '$HOME/.local/share/pacman.sh' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

pacman.sh

5. colors.sh

Tests your terminal’s emulator color scheme.

Download the code: wget http://bit.ly/colorssh -O colors.sh, make it executable chmod +x colors.sh, run it: ./colors.sh . If you want to make a command for your user, run the commands below:

For BASH:

mv colors.sh ~/.local/share/
echo 'alias colors="$HOME/.local/share/colors.sh"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
colors

For ZSH:

mv colors.sh ~/.local/share/
echo 'alias colors="$HOME/.local/share/colors.sh"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
colors

For FISH:

mv colors.sh ~/.local/share/
echo 'alias colors="$HOME/.local/share/colors.sh"' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
source ~/.config/fish/config.fish
colors

colors.sh