vbetool Alternatives

Apps similar to vbetool include hwinfo, which is free and open source. Other options are Dmidecode, Glxinfo, cpuid and yacpi. In total there are seven System Information Utilities like vbetool for Linux and Windows.

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  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.

    140 hwinfo alternatives

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    • Linux
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  2.  7 likes

    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...

    15 Dmidecode alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
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  3. Glxinfo icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  4.  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

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    • Linux
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  5.  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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  6.  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

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    • Linux
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  7. driconf icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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