Hardware Information On Linux
Displaying basic system information on linux shell.
Hardware information on linux. Lshw list hardware. Get the linux kernel name. As a desktop linux user if you feel more comfortable with a graphical application let me tell you about a tool that you can use to get information about your system hardware. How to check hardware information on linux using command line by hitesh jethva jan 2 2016 linux there are many commands available to check hardware information of your linux system.
Email protected uname linux. It lists all hardware units vertically on left side of the program. You need to click on the name of a device to reveal details of that component. Get the linux kernel version.
How to view linux system information. Printing kernel name through uname. It is a system profiler and benchmark for linux systems. The summary entry shows overview of your whole system in a short form.
I nex is a graphical system information tool for linux that gathers your system s hardware information into a neat cpu z like interface. Linux commands to display your hardware information hardware overview. How to get hardware info on linux. The lscpu command reports information about the cpu and processing units.
The uname command short for unix name in linux is used to print operating system. To know only system name you can use uname command without any switch will print system information or uname s command will print the kernel name of your system. You can learn everything about your cpu through line commands. There are several line commands that will give you a comprehensive overview of your computer s.
All arch bios block bluetooth braille bridge camera cdrom chipcard cpu disk dsl dvb fingerprint floppy framebuffer gfxcard hub ide isapnp isdn joystick keyboard memory mmc ctrl modem monitor mouse netcard network partition. A general purpose utility that reports detailed and brief information about multiple different. To view your network hostname use n switch with uname command as shown. The default behavior of the uname command.
It also shows software information like the linux kernel version gcc xorg glx etc. The list of available hardware items are. The uname command comes with multiple switches. The basic command as described below only returns the kernel name.
Printing kernel release through uname. Get the linux kernel release. In both cases the last few lines of. Therefore in these tips and tricks series we shall look at some useful commands that can help you to extract information about your linux system and hardware components.
Some commands report only specific hardware components like cpu or memory while the rest cover multiple hardware units. It does not have any further options. Hwinfo hardware. Hardinfo is a hardware analysis system benchmark and report generator tool that can be found pre installed in linux mint.