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I would like to know how to check for hardware

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Simple question from a very new Ubuntu user. How can I check my machine hardware, like graphics card, mac address, sound card and such? Thanks,

JC

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

gksudo apt-get install lshw-gtk; gksudo lshw-gtk

Should show you. You can get a LOT of low level information by running:

sudo dmidecode | less

(use cursors to scroll up and down, Q to exit)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

New to Ubuntu: read the Ubuntu Manual, it's very informative: http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Click on the "download Button" to download the latest PDF version.
The online help https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/index.html

Relax and fun:
http://planet.ubuntu.com/ and Full Circle Magazine http://fullcirclemagazine.org/

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