Hardinfo is an application that can display complete statistics about your computer. It is the application that will “tell” you what video card you have installed or whether your processor supports 64-bit computing.
Hardinfo has a simple graphical interface that everyone can probably understand. In addition to listing your devices, Hardinfo lets you test their performance.
If you are looking for a way to know your computer’s composition, Hardinfo is the right choice.
Hardinfo’s strengths:
- Hardinfo displays a list of all installed devices.
- In addition to the list of devices, Hardinfo displays basic operating system parameter information.
- All values change interactively, that is, in real time. This can be seen in the RAM section.
- You can see the Linux kernel modules used and the Gnome environment variables.
- Hardinfo shows the version of the Bios that is being used.
- It is possible to test the performance of the system. Hardinfo has the following tests: CPU Blowfish, CPU CryptoHash, CPU Fibonacci, CPU N-Queens, FPU FFT and FPU Raytracing. The results of each test are compared with other similar computer components. It is necessary to update the database of test results from the Internet (Information→Network Updater…)
- The collected report can be saved in a file. The ability to include or exclude some components from the report is supported.
Installing
In the Ubuntu operating system it is easy to install Hardinfo, as its current version is available in the official repository from Canonical. In order to install, you need to run the command:
sudo apt-get install hardinfo
Once you have installed Hardinfo, it will be available through Applications→System→System Profiler and Benchmark.