Linux equivalent of msinfo32

Question

Apart from lspci or dmesg in terminal, is there a tool with more of a GUI to list the hardware/software in my system in greater detail?

There is lshw. There is a GUI too, but why would you need it? — Pilot6, Feb 17 '23 at 18:16
There are times when I look at stuff in terminal and its just a wall of text and I feel somewhat confused at what I am looking at — Archerbob, Feb 17 '23 at 19:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '23 at 18:18

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There is lshw-gtk that will show all hardware in GUI.

You can install it by

sudo apt install lshw-gtk

If you can do it without GUI, you can simply run lshw in a terminal and see the same information.

answered Feb 17 '23 at 18:18

Pilot6

I get an error, I presume I need to reload my system because I have installed and uninstalled a bunch of stuff and borked/recovered the system more than once so I guess this is to be expected: (lshw-gtk:27366): IBUS-WARNING **: Unable to connect to ibus: Unexpected lack of content trying to read a line – Archerbob Feb 17 '23 at 19:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '23 at 18:22

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Maybe package hardinfo is that you are looking for. It has a gui and gives detailed infos . Sorry for german text.

answered Feb 17 '23 at 18:22

nobody

I just tried this, it still gives me a lot of extraneous information when I click on generate report and isn't as concise as your image above, did you use some particular setting? But this is pretty much what I was after. – Archerbob Feb 17 '23 at 19:28
No i use it out of the box without any changes on default settings. And i do not generate reports . I only start the application and click around in the modules. – nobody Feb 17 '23 at 19:33

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 17 '23 at 18:25

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Hardware & software documentation script, one line using && \ to make as one entry

wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/system-info/raw/main/system-info && \
chmod +x system-info && \
./system-info

And lots more detail on Wireless:

wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && \
chmod +x wireless-info && \
./wireless-info

answered Feb 17 '23 at 18:25

oldfred

This ran with errors, but I think I like "nobody" answer the best so far as it worked without error and looks far nicer – Archerbob Feb 17 '23 at 19:45

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