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



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



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.
