Linux Logo

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Linux Logo for SME 7.x and newer

Linux Logo shows a logo with some System Info.

It supports Linux (most architectures) and some non-Linux OSes.

See the author's homepage and Linux Logo article for more details.

Before starting

First, you need to add dag repository.

See the quick howto here

Installing linux_logo RPM

Install linux_logo with the followwing command:

yum install linux_logo --enablerepo=dag

Adding an SME custom logo

You now need to download the SME style logo with the following command:

cd /root
wget "http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/sgomez/contribs/linux_logo/sme.logo"

There are many ways and options to launch linux_logo... Here's one method!

Edit the file /root/.bash_profile and add the following at the end of the file:

# Launch linux_logo
linux_logo -u -D /root/sme.logo

For more info, refer to the man page:

man linux_logo

Install SME logo for all users on SME8

yum install linux_logo --enablerepo=dag -y
cd /
wget "http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/sgomez/contribs/linux_logo/sme.logo" -O sme.logo
echo "linux_logo -u -D /sme.logo" >> /etc/profile

Make your own custom logo

There are are several sites like this one http://patorjk.com/software/taag/ or http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ where you can easily generate your own text logo in many shapes and sizes. Here is just one:

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##         ## ##    ##   ##  #### #### ##     ## ##       ##       
######      ###    ##     ## ## ### ## ########  ##       ######   
##         ## ##   ######### ##     ## ##        ##       ##       
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######## ##     ## ##     ## ##     ## ##        ######## ######## 

One use of making a quick custom label is to make a logo of the name of the machine. Especially if you manage many servers, a bold machine name showing up when you login is a nice reminder as to where you are.

Sylvain Gomez

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