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Re: [LUG] listing hardware

 

On 07/05/12 21:50, Simon Waters wrote:
> On 07/05/12 21:04, paul sutton wrote:
>> dmidecode,
>>
>> which lists stacks of hardware information for the computer,  this could
>> be very useful to people here who need help but are unsure what hardware
>> they have.  you need to be root or use sudo to run it.
> I prefer "lshw" output.
>
> On most regular PCs "lshw" uses the DMI data (although can be told to
> ignore it) so it is largely presenting similar information, but more
> comprehensive and more comprehensible (which is probably more important
> for most people).
>
>  Simon
>
Maybe I can write something for the website that we can use to help us
help new users or users with hardware issues, 

Paul

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