System information

[newbiedude]

Hello.

Newbie question here - using which command/program can you find out about the system specs? like CPU, ram, cache, etc

Thanks

 

[rycamor]

Several places:

1. The command "dmesg" will output the information that you would normally see while the system is booting, such as hardware detection, OS version, startup scripts, etc...

2. If you want more detail, enter "sysctl -a", which gives you a list of all kernel variables.

3. There are a few smaller commands to get a feel for, also, such as "top" (running processes, current CPU/RAM usage), "df" (disk free space), "du" (disk usage in current directory), "ifconfig", or "ifconfig -a" (network card configuration), "systat".

Check the manual for each of these by doing "man sysctl", etc... -------------------------------------------

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