read-edid Alternatives

read-edid is described as '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)' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are seven alternatives to read-edid for Linux and Windows. The best read-edid alternative is hwinfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like read-edid are Glxinfo, cpuid, Dmidecode and vbetool.

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read-edid is a pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most...

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read-edid alternatives page was last updated Nov 27, 2014
  1. hwinfo icon
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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.

    116 hwinfo alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    hwinfo Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
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    hwinfo VS read-edid

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    • hwinfo is the most popular Linux alternative to read-edid.

    • hwinfo is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to read-edid.

    • hwinfo is Free and Open Sourceread-edid is also Free and Open Source
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    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.

    9 Glxinfo alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Glxinfo Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Diagnostics
    3.  OPENGL
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    cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).

    16 cpuid alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    cpuid Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring

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  4. Dmidecode icon
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    Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of...

    14 Dmidecode alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dmidecode Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Reporting
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
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    Dmidecode VS read-edid

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    • Dmidecode is the most popular Windows alternative to read-edid.

    • Dmidecode is Free and Open Sourceread-edid is also Free and Open Source
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    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.

    7 vbetool alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    vbetool Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring

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    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...

    5 yacpi alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    yacpi VS read-edid

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    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.

    13 driconf alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    driconf Features

    1.  Rendering
    2.  Configuration
    3.  Configuration Management
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    driconf VS read-edid

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