How to check if one is using a raspberry pi?

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Let us imagine that you are in a room with a black box; you turn the box on and find that you are met with a helpful terminal.

Is there a command that could allow one to decipher that in that black box is a raspberry pi?

Raspberry Pi is not Ubuntu so this question is off topic here. At a guess lsb_release -a; uname -a may give you a clue but you can always ask on the Raspberry Pi Forum — Warren Hill, Nov 19 '13 at 15:43

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sudo lshw will list all hardware available on that system and thus at least allow an educated guess as to whether the box contains a Raspberry Pi.

Anyway, if the system in that box is running Ubuntu, it won't be a Raspberry Pi, since Ubuntu does not support its CPU.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Nov 19 '13 at 15:44

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The latest Raspberry Pi model 2 does in fact support a version of Ubuntu. It is not distributed by Canonical and appears to be a repackaged OS. More information here. – Jos Apr 16 '15 at 16:04
On my Raspbian system, there is no lshw command. Nor is there a lsb_release. So this will not be a conclusive procedure. – Jos Nov 22 '15 at 17:30

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