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how to find complete system information

Asked by ajmal_82

system monitor tool gives some basic information not complete.

System Information Tool doesnt exist in ubuntu,
*-how do i know what is make of harddisk
*-how do i know the memory my motherboard support(RAM)
*-what is the brand of RAM,well some basic information info is listed in system monitor tool
*-what is the brand of dvd writer.firmware version
*-what is the name of network adapter,capacity etc
well this information lies in system information,well kde has this but gnome doesnt.

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Steven Rose (steveydoteu) said : 		#1

Open up a terminal and do the following:

Type 'sudo lshw' (less the quotes) and press enter, enter your password when prompted and press enter again. It will do its business quite silently and will then spit out a long list of hardware information.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

Hi,
well, if you prefer a graphical interface, GNOME has it all by installing "hardinfo" with Synaptic.
Afterwards you'll find it in system -> preferences -> system profiler and benchmark.
Enjoy.

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Steven Rose (steveydoteu) said : 		#3

Ah yes, and then that also has the option to neatly store the results in an html file. Which in itself can be useful.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Hi Steven,
thanks for the reply.
Yep it's a helpful tool, and of course the generated report can be converted to a textfile also to load it up for support. Additional the generating can be done selective and benchmarks can be shared.
For general information
http://hardinfo.berlios.de/web/HomePage

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