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Getting detailed info on your hardware - m4tth3vv - 10-05-2009

Install a hardware lister called "lshw"

how to install

"yum install lshw" for fedora

"sudo apt-get install lshw" for ubuntu/kubuntu

to run it simply open a terminal and as a super user type lshw

LET THE MAGIC HAPPEN


RE: Getting detailed info on your hardware - Austin - 10-05-2009

This will be helpful when helping people fix their computers. Nice job!


RE: Getting detailed info on your hardware - Gone - 10-05-2009

This is only for the Fedora distribution though.


RE: Getting detailed info on your hardware - Psycho - 10-06-2009

(10-05-2009, 04:03 PM)Tm0 Wrote: This is only for the Fedora distribution though.

No, it's for any Linux distribution. Just use the package manager that matches your distro.


RE: Getting detailed info on your hardware - Gone - 10-07-2009

I know but its not in all the Repos. Some distros don't have repos.