HardInfo is a system profiler and benchmark tool used in Linux to check hardware information. HardInfo parses some files in /proc and displays their information in a graphical window. You may also check CPU temperature using this tool.
In this tutorial I will show how to check hardware information by install hardinfo on Ubuntu Linux.
Install HardInfo on Linux
Run the following command to install hardinfo in your Linux machine.
Ubuntu/Debian
$ sudo apt-get install hardinfo
Arch Linux
On Arch Linux you can find hardinfo in community repo.
$ sudo pacman -S hardinfo
How to get hardware information using hardinfo
Run the following command from the terminal to display hardware information on GUI.
# hardinfo
Conclusion
In Linux there are different commands available display hardware info but in this tutorial we learned about 'hardinfo' tool. I hope you enjoyed reading and please leave your comments in the below comment section.
