{"id":2671,"date":"2013-12-26T14:01:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T14:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2019-01-09T16:25:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T16:25:03","slug":"system-hardware-info-ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/system-hardware-info-ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools to Display System &#038; Hardware Information in Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ubuntu-laptop-lo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ubuntu-laptop-lo1.jpg\" alt=\"ubuntu hardware information\" width=\"270\" height=\"207\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2643\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to check out your system and hardware information? Well, here are two tools that display detailed information about Ubuntu Linux and your computer hardware. They are: <b>HardInfo<\/b> and <b>I-Nex<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>I-Nex<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arconix-box arconix-box-yellow\"><i class='fa fa-2x pull-left fa-lightbulb-o'><\/i><div class=\"arconix-box-content\">UPDATE 2019-1: I-Nex support ends at Ubuntu 17.04! Use <b>Hardinfo<\/b> instead which is available in Ubuntu Software<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I-Nex has a CPU-Z similar interface that displays CPU, GPU, MotherBoard, Audio, Drives, System, Kernel, Memory,  Network, USB info in tabs.<\/p>\n<p>I-Nex collects real-time CPU temperature and Memory usage, it also allows to take a screenshot or generate (print) report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/I-NEX-cpu-info.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/I-NEX-cpu-info.jpg\" alt=\"I-Nex cpu information\" width=\"380\" height=\"428\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/I-NEX-cpu-info.jpg 380w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/I-NEX-cpu-info-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install I-Nex, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to get it from PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:i-nex-development-team\/stable\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install i-nex<\/pre>\n<p>Works on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint.<\/p>\n<h3>HardInfo:<\/h3>\n<p>HardInfo is a system information and benchmark tool available in Ubuntu&#8217;s universe repository. It displays a summary of your system information and detailed devices, network, benchmarks. It allows to generate printable reports either in HTML or in plain text formats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hardinfo-ubuntu-info.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hardinfo-ubuntu-info.jpg\" alt=\"hardinfo ubuntu information\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hardinfo-ubuntu-info.jpg 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hardinfo-ubuntu-info-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install this app, just open up Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install <code>hardinfo<\/code> package.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to check out your system and hardware information? Well, here are two tools that display detailed information about Ubuntu Linux and your computer hardware. They are: HardInfo and I-Nex I-Nex I-Nex has a CPU-Z similar interface that displays CPU, GPU, MotherBoard, Audio, Drives, System, Kernel, Memory, Network, USB info in tabs. 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