fix: custom *fetch configurations breaking hyfetch #420
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if the backend is fastfetch, hyfetch calls `/bin/fastfetch --logo none -s OS --disable-linewrap` which for me returns: ` Artix Linux x86_64` ... and that breaks hyfetch instead, get the information from the source (/etc/os-release), which im pretty sure most fetch backends read from anyway this won't work on *BSD though, because those lack /etc/os-release, so unless calling `uname -s` is alright, BSDs would still have the problem related pull: hykilpikonna#418
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Thanks for the fix! AFAIK, not all distros mark their Details
So I've opened an issue on fastfetch, but I will merge this temporarily until we have a better solution. (okay I can already see a better solution, which is to use 
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if the backend is fastfetch, hyfetch calls
/bin/fastfetch --logo none -s OS --disable-linewrapwhich for me returns: Artix Linux x86_64... and that breaks
hyfetch -c(the initial setup)instead, get the information from the source (
/etc/os-release), which im pretty sure most fetch backends read from anywaythis won't work on *BSD though, because those lack
/etc/os-release, so unless callinguname -sis alright, BSDs would still have the problemRelevant Links
I am pretty sure this is related: #418
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This only occurs on certain configurations. this is mine