Graphical Utilities to Check RAMUsage
Ubuntu, by default, includes an applicationcalled System Monitor. You can access it by going to thebottom-left “Show Applications” button and then typing“monitor” to search for it.Run " free -m " to see RAM information in MB. Run" free -g " to see RAM information in GB. Click onthe power/gear icon (System Menu) in the top rightcorner of the screen and choose About This Computer. Youwill see the total available memory inGiB.
That's when Mark Shuttleworth gathered a small team ofDebian developers who together founded Canonical and set outto create an easy-to-use Linux desktop called Ubuntu. Themission for Ubuntu is both social and economic.
Ubuntu Linux - How to Get Motherboard Model Number andOther Info from Terminal Command Line
- sudo apt-get install dmidecode. To find out your motherboardmodel, run this command:
- sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name.
- sudo dmidecode -t baseboard.
- sudo dmidecode.
How to check processor and cpu details on Linux
- Vendor and model of the processor. To find the vendor and modelname of the processor, search the /proc/cpuinfo file with the grepcommand.
- Architecture. The lscpu commands reports the architecture.
- Frequency. The frequency/speed of the processor is reported byboth lscpu and /proc/cpuinfo.
- Number of cores.
- Hyper threading.
Ubuntu Server is a server operatingsystem, developed by Canonical and open source programmers aroundthe world, that works with nearly any hardware or virtualizationplatform. It can serve up websites, file shares, and containers, aswell as expand your company offerings with an incredible cloudpresence.
System Info tool
In Windows 7 or Windows Vista, type cmd in startmenu search bar. In the 'cmd' result which appears,right-click on it and select Run as Administrator. Next typesysteminfo in the command prompt and hitEnter.80386 is the first 32-bit Intel processor (introducedProtected mode of work, in addition to Real mode). 80586 is thefamous Pentium™. i686 is widely used to describe32-bit P6 processor architecture which is compatible with PentiumPro/II and has it's instruction set. For example, AMD K7(Duron™ and Athlon™) are i686.
Find operating system info in Windows 7
- Select the Start. button, type Computer in the search box,right-click on Computer, and then select Properties.
- Under Windows edition, you'll see the version and edition ofWindows that your device is running.
Right-click on My Computer and select Properties(in Windows XP, this is called System Properties). Look forSystem in the Properties window (Computer in XP).Whichever version of Windows you are using, you'll now bee able tosee your PC- or laptop's processor, memory andOS.
dmidecode is a tool for dumping a computer's DMI(some say SMBIOS ) table contents in a human-readable format. Thistable contains a description of the system's hardware components,as well as other useful pieces of information such as serialnumbers and BIOS revision.
Click "Start" à "Run" or press "Win + R" to bringout the "Run" dialog box, type "dxdiag". 2. In the "DirectXDiagnostic Tool" window, you can see hardware configurationunder "System Information" in the "System" tab, andthe device information in the "Display" tab. See Fig.2 andFig.3.
Easily View Hardware Information in Ubuntu 10.04
- If you have never used Synaptic Package Manager before, or ifyou have de-selected the Show this dialog at startup check box, theQuick Introduction dialog box displays.
- Enter gnome device manager in the Quick search edit box.
- Right-click on gnome-device-manager and select Mark forInstallation from the pop-up menu.
Check os version in Linux
- Open the terminal application (bash shell)
- For remote server login using the ssh: sshuser@server-name.
- Type any one of the following command to find os name andversion in Linux: cat /etc/os-release. lsb_release -a.hostnamectl.
- Type the following command to find Linux kernel version: uname-r.
Steps to find serial number of Lenovo laptop / desktop fromLinux CLI
- Open the terminal application.
- Type the following command as sudo user.
- dmidecode -s system-serial-number.
x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64 andIntel 64) is the 64-bit version of the x86 instructionset.
How to find your Computer's System Specification
- Turn on the computer. Find the "My Computer" icon on thecomputer's desktop or access it from the "Start" menu.
- Right-click the "My Computer" icon.
- Examine the operating system.
- Look at the "Computer" section at the bottom of thewindow.
- Note the hard drive space.
- Choose "Properties" from the menu to see the specs.
Method 1Using System Information onWindows
- Open Start. .
- Open Settings. .
- Click System. This laptop-shaped icon is in the upper-left sideof the window.
- Click the About tab.
- Scroll down to the "Device specifications" heading.
- Review your computer's specifications.
Run command for system information. Systeminformation utility shows information of all thehardware and system software available on a computersystem. This utility can be launched from Run window byexecuting the command msinfo32.
Finding Serial Numbers - Various Laptop Computers
- Open up the command prompt window on your computer. You can dothis by searching for "cmd" or right clicking on the windows homeicon in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- In the command window type in "wmic bios get serialnumber". Theserial number will then be displayed.
In computer programming, ver which stands forVERSION is a command in several command-lineinterpreters which is known as shells like cmd.exe,COMMAND.COM, and 4DOS/4NT. It impresses the title andtranscription of the operating system, the or remarkable implementsthe version of other commands.
The latest LTS version of Ubuntu isUbuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver,” which wasreleased on April 26, 2018. Canonical releases new stableversions of Ubuntu every six months, and new Long TermSupport versions every two years.
Follow these steps:
- Open up a terminal window.
- Issue the command sudo apt-get upgrade.
- Enter your user's password.
- Look over the list of available updates (see Figure 2) anddecide if you want to go through with the entire upgrade.
- To accept all updates click the 'y' key (no quotes) and hitEnter.
To know whether your system is 32-bit or64-bit, type the command "uname -m" and press"Enter". This displays only the machine hardware name. Itshows if your system is running 32-bit (i686 or i386)or 64-bit(x86_64).
LTS is an abbreviation for “Long TermSupport”. A new LTS version is released every twoyears. In previous releases, a Long Term Support (LTS)version had three years support on Ubuntu (Desktop) and fiveyears on Ubuntu Server. Starting with Ubuntu 12.04LTS, both versions received five years support.
Follow these steps:
- Open up a terminal window.
- Issue the command sudo apt-get upgrade.
- Enter your user's password.
- Look over the list of available updates (see Figure 2) anddecide if you want to go through with the entire upgrade.
- To accept all updates click the 'y' key (no quotes) and hitEnter.
Ubuntu is an open-source operating system (OS)based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Ubuntu isprimarily designed to be used on personal computers, although aserver editions does also exist. Ubuntu is an African wordthat literally means "humanity to others."
According to my Downloads directory, the downloadsize for the 64-bit 13.10 desktop ISO is 904,192 KB(883 MB). It depends on which image and which release youare downloading. Everything prior to 13.10 hovers around 700MB soit can fit on a standard CD. 13.10 is a bit larger around900MB.
