yacpi Alternatives

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

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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.

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    • Linux
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    Dmidecode

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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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
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    cpuid

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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    vbetool

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    read-edid

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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 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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