Ubuntu Compatibility Check

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 14:02 +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have already asked this question here, but got no responses at all, so
> I'd give it another try:
> 
> I work as a computer technician at a small PC Repair Lab. I treat a lot of
> Windows 7 machines and not one of my customers liked the new Windows 8....
> 
> I want to make the best of this opportunity and switch them to Ubuntu.
> 
> I would like to have a nice eye-candy app (similar to Speccy by Piriform
> [1]) I can run on their current Windows (XP / 7) machine that will scan
> their computer and produce a report for Ubuntu compatibility, i.e:
> 
> * A table that shows Hardware components and a nice green V sign next to it
> (or a yellow sign with a link to the relevant Ubuntu HCL category)
> 

Not sure about Ubuntu compatibility. Does Speccy show "compatibility",
or just list the machine characteristics?

Amyway: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+hardware+listing+tool

These won't do most of what you asked for, but lshw and hardinfo are two
utilities in the repos (two of many) that will show you the machine
config.

lshw will output XML if you want to import it into tools of your own.

hardinfo is more about display, and browsing through the machine info,
though it can produce an HTML version of its findings.

Regards, K.


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