hwinfo Alternatives

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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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   driconf

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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

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

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   lsscsi

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   Uses information in sysfs (Linux kernels 2.6.0 and later) to list all scsi devices (or hosts) currently attached to the system. Options can be used to control the amount and form of information provided for each device.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   lsdisk

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   Creates a list of attached disks without root privileges (similar as ldisk -lu, but with extensive device information).

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   gatotray

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   gatotray is a tiny CPU monitor displaying several stats graphically (usage, temperature, frequency) in small space, and tight on resources.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   SysInfo Detector

    1 like

   Gather information about your computer; detect your hardware devices, type, model, and other information, even if the system has no drivers.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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    Freshfetch

     1 like

    Freshfetch is an alternative to Neofetch written in Rust with a focus on customization

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • System Information

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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11. B

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    Bfetch

     1 like

    SuperB Fetch (a.k.a bfetch) is a SuperB general-purpose fetch displayer written in portable sh that takes user commands output and changes how it displays dynamically with the terminal size.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • System Information

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    screenstyler

     1 like

    It's a little something we made to make Windows customization easier. ScreenStyler has an intuitive UI and combines several apps and resources for fast, awesome results.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    OpenGL Extensions Viewer

     1 like

    A software program which displays information about the current OpenGL 3D accelerator and new Vulkan 3D API. This program displays the vendor name, the version implemented, the renderer name and the extensions of the current OpenGL 3D accelerator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    • France
    • EU

    

    

    

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    hddtemp

     1 like

    hddtemp is a small utility (daemonizable) that gives you the temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. informations (for drives that support this feature).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool

     1 like

    The purpose of the Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool is to verify the functionality of an Intel® microprocessor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • United States

    

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