Also you can try the command "lshw", also there is a tool called scanModem which gives very detailed chipset information, can be downloaded from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/scanModem.gz.
Regards, Rohan On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Niraj khatod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try running every command u learn using 'strace' eg 'strace ls' - that > would show you the system calls that a command makes and would give you more > insights into the working of system/kernel. it would be helpful if you u > wish to take system programming.similarly 'ltrace <ur command>' would show > you library calls a program makes, > > Regards, > Niraj > > On Sun, 11 May 2008 Mayank Rungta wrote : > >I can suggest few commands : > > > >uname -a gives the kernel details > > > >cat /etc/issue details of the but this varies with distros so.... > > > >cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu details > >cat /proc/meminfo memory details > > > >top also gives details about swap space, ram, and the current > >utilization per process > > > >hope this helps, > >Mynk > > > > >Kazi wrote: > > > > > > hello all, > > > i am new to Linux (Ubuntu) and would like to explore this operating > > > system. > > > i would like to run a shell command or a set of commands to know the > > > system name, number of CPUs, CPU clock frequency, RAM size, number of > > > disks. > > > > > > Can you tell me the commands. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > >

