This simple command will print the remaining free space on your hard disk. root@ip-172-31-20-16:~# df -Hla Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/xvda1 32G 9.6G 21G 32% / proc 0 0 0 – /proc sysfs 0 0 0 – /sys none 4.1k 0 4.1k 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none 0 0 0 – /sys/fs/fuse/connections none 0 … Read more
The hwinfo command for Linux will allow the user to get hardware information from the command line. Type sudo apt-get install hwinfo to install this command. It will be installed in the /sbin directory and therefore, you will need superuser privileges to execute this command and get the hardware information. jason@darkstar:~$ sudo apt-get install hwinfojason@darkstar:~$ … Read more
Get information about installed hardware with these commands This command will print the make and model of your motherboard. jason@eyjafjallajkull:~$ sudo dmidecode -t baseboard [sudo] password for jason: # dmidecode 2.12 SMBIOS 2.4 present. Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: H55-USB3 Version: x.x … Read more
The lsdvb command will list all installed DVB hardware in your Linux system. Here it is showing my Realtek DVB stick. You need to use sudo to enable this command to gather more information. jason-H55-USB3 [lsdvb] ~/Documents jason-H55-USB3% sudo lsdvb lsdvb: Simple utility to list PCI/PCIe DVB devices Version: 0.0.4 Copyright (C) Manu Abraham … Read more
Linux hardware information commands. There are many commands available for Linux that allow the user to get information about their hardware. Here is a handful of them. The lshw command is very useful for getting information about your installed hardware. ubuntu ~ $ sudo lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description ============================================================================================================================================== system HVM domU … Read more
The first electronic computer; the ENIAC, was born of the need to calculate ballistics tables for a sideways firing from air-planes. This necessitated the construction of the massive computer to hold vacuum tubes pulsating at 100,000 beats per second. The computational speed was estimated to be at 1,000 multiplications per second, this would be able … Read more
The ATI “unsupported hardware” watermark is a very annoying sight in Linux Mint 15. Here is how to remove it. This tip is for anyone who has installed the ATI drivers by typing sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle. Firstly; download the ATI drivers from the website. http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-linux-x86.x86_64.zip. Then move the downloaded file into a new … Read more
This hardware chart has a lot of information about various hardware sockets and plugs used by computer hardware. Older systems are covered as well as more modern hardware such as SATA ports; and the older IDE connectors. The old IDE system was very annoying; the SATA equivalent that we use these days as well as … Read more
This infographic is a comprehensive guide to the many sockets and connections that modern computers use. There are CPU sockets pictured all the way from the oldest 8088 machines up to the Core 2 DUO and the Celeron M processors as well as various hard drive connectors. This is a good image to print out … Read more
Listing the free space on your Linux system. Using the df command to list this on the command-line. The df command for Linux will display a listing of your partitions and how much space is available. The -H parameter shows the outputs in human readable formats. ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Documents$ df -Hla Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted … Read more
Listing hardware on a Linux system. This is easy when using the Linux command-line. In the olden days, you would use the cat /proc/pci command to list hardware installed on the PCI bus, but this /proc file is deprecated and does not exist on modern Linux systems. The lspci command is the modern way to … Read more
First look at the Ubuntu TV hardware.
Dick Smith Electronics, a major Australian retailer have been accused of selling used and malware infected hard drives as new, endangering the computers owned by consumers. In one instance a preacher bought an external hard drive and when he plugged it in he was greeted by a pornographic video. You would think they would be … Read more
According to a Source in the Department of Homeland Security, many hardware components imported into the United States are infected with malware and spyware and pose a great risk to the health of any Windows computer they are plugged into. This is reported to have been carried out by unknown foreign powers, putting the computing … Read more