Dmidecode Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Dmidecode for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is lshw, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Dmidecode and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Dmidecode are hwinfo, WattmanGTK, Glxinfo and cpuid.

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    lshw

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    lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    lshw-gtk showing CPU informations
     
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    hwinfo

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    hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.

    129 hwinfo alternatives

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    • Linux
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  4. WattmanGTK icon

    WattmanGTK

     3 likes

    A Wattman-like GTK3+ GUI. Contribute to BoukeHaarsma23/WattmanGTK development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Glxinfo

     3 likes

    glxinfo is a command-line tool that can help you diagnose problems with your 3D acceleration setup. It can also provide additional helpful information for developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. C

    cpuid

     4 likes

    cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    cpuid screenshot 1
     
  7. Udev Discover icon

    Udev Discover

     4 likes

    A helping tool for udev testers, coders, hackers and consumers. Main features are - Browsing the sysfs tree via udev, Reports udev device info and udev properties, Filter and search devices, Monitorize udev device events.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Udev Discover screenshot 1
     
  9. Y

    yacpi

     2 likes

    Yacpi is an acpi monitoring program for Linux. It displays various acpi information like battery status and ac status on notebooks. The main reason why i wrote this program is, because i don't like the acpi program, which is included in debian :) It displays things like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    yacpi screenshot 1
     
  10. V

    vbetool

     2 likes

    vbetool is a small application that executes code from the BIOS of your video card. This is mostly useful for reinitialising the hardware, for instance after ACPI suspend/resuming.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. R

    read-edid

     2 likes

    read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 1996 (except for newer ones with 256-byte EDID's - WiP), assuming the video card supports the standard read commands (most do).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. driconf icon

    driconf

     2 likes

    DRIconf is a configuration applet for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure. It allows customizing performance and visual quality settings of OpenGL drivers on a per-driver, per-screen and/or per-application level.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    driconf screenshot 1
     
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    hddtemp

     1 like

    hddtemp is a small utility (daemonizable) that gives you the temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. informations (for drives that support this feature).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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