How to : Check System Information in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

Generally in Windows , to check hardware components information or to know about system configuration  we go to System Information ( which is shown below) but in Ubuntu 12.04 , to check system information , there is a one line command called Hardware Lister which will generate the report .

Let’s see how to check system information in Ubuntu 12.04 .

< System Information in Windows >

To Generate ,Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo lshw -html >> system_report.html

To display , Run the following command  :

firefox system_report.html

Note : system_report is just a report name , you can replace it with any name.