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    spottiedogman
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    Question What command to use?

    Hi,

    What command would I use to find out system info like:

    How much ram?
    What is my processor speed?
    What is my onboard video ram?

    I'm new and trying to figure out what is working properly and what needs tweaking. I have loaded Unbuntu 8.04 Hardy on an old laptop that the screen went bad on, took this of and attached a cheap wide screen.

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    I don't know that there is a single command, but you could try installing and
    running hwinfo. It's in the Debian repositories so I assume it is in the Ubuntu
    ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by elija View Post
    I don't know that there is a single command, but you could try installing and
    running hwinfo. It's in the Debian repositories so I assume it is in the Ubuntu
    ones.
    I found the files to download for but it seems a bit confusing, not sure which ones are needed>

    Ubuntu -- Details of source package hwinfo in hardy

    thanks
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    Open a terminal and run the followingto install

    sudo apt-get install hwinfo

    That should add it to one of the menus, failing that you may be able to run
    it from a terminal by running typing hwinfo and pressing enter.

    By using apt to install, you will automatically get dependencies sorted out
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    Thank You >>

    that was some fast downloading..

    My first linux download..

    Kewl >>

    even though you gave me the command ..

    thanks again
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    If you liked that - have a look at

    System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

    A nice GUI for apt.
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