I mean… It’s decoding into garbage because you’re feeding it more than just the base64 section. I suppose if you’re already running nginx or something you could easily make a page that uses javascript to break the link down (possibly using /, ?, = as separators) and decode sections that look like base64. If you make it javascript and client side there’s not really any privacy concerns.

EDIT: Oops. My Lemmy client didn’t load the other replies at first, I didn’t realize you already had plenty of other options.

Yeah, I use it a little…

I got used to all the other Linux commands, but I had to make an alias for md=mkdir. Why that already isn’t a thing is beyond me.

That a RetroPie setup at the bottom left?

It’s beautiful! I actually adjusted my python code to your method and just for optimization checked if the current two pixel colors match the previous two and if so leave out the color info. Much more fidelity in the images now!

Thanks for the suggestion, gonna look into this. I didn’t want to use real images even though kitty supports them because I like the retro look and wanted it terminal agnostic for when I use termux on my phone.

/etc/update-motd.d/01-random-art don’t forget to chmod +x it and put ‘art’ in /usr/share/motd-art. MOTDs are limited to 80 characters wide, so don’t over do it. I made image_to_ansi.py to resize and convert the images.

I considered using kitty’s built-in ssh kitten to display real images, but I ended up liking the retro look more.

/etc/motd no, but it runs the scripts in /etc/update-motd.d/