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Linux Mint: How to View System Information

Linux Mint: How to View System Information

December 17, 2020 by Mel Hawthorne 7 Comments

If you’ve just got a new computer or have installed some new hardware in an existing computer, it’s a good idea to double-check that it has been installed and recognised properly. If you’ve just updated your operating system to the latest version, you may also want to check that your version numbers are correct.

Checking that your hardware is all reporting correctly can be a good idea for new computers and after a hardware change. For example, during shipping it’s possible for a component or cable to be shaken loose just enough that a component is no longer recognised, leaving you with a system that doesn’t appear to have all of the hardware you bought. Similarly, if you attempt to update the hardware but don’t quite connect or install it correctly, you may not get the benefit of the new hardware. Checking that you’ve got the CPU, RAM, hard drive capacity, and GPU that you expect, lets you be confident that everything is working correctly.

If you’ve just updated your operating system, you may also want to check the reported version numbers to verify that the update was applied successfully.

Tip: Operating system version numbers generally require the system reboot to finish applying and to update the system information.

To view your system information, press the Super key, then type “System Info” and hit enter.

Tip: The “Super” key is the name that many Linux distributions use to refer to the Windows key or the Apple “Command” key, while avoiding any risk of trademark issues.

Press the Super key, then type “System Info” and hit enter.

The first three entries in the system information window show the operating system version numbers. “Operating System” is the major version of Linux Mint, “Cinnamon Version” is the version of the Cinnamon desktop environment, and “Linux Kernel” is the version of the Linux kernel you have installed. Of these, version numbers, the kernel is the most regularly updated.

The rest of the entries in the system information window respectively show the CPU, RAM, total hard drive space, and the graphics card being used.

Tip: The CPU lists a clock speed and a multiplier after the CPU name. The clock speed is the official base clock of the CPU model and doesn’t take into account any boost clock or over-clocking. The multiplier specifies the number of processing cores the computer has available.

The “Upload system information” button uploads the system information you see to the website termbin.com, as well as some other less user-friendly information that is intended to be helpful when providing bug reports.

The system information window lists operating system version numbers and key hardware information.

 

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  1. Indark says

    February 24, 2023 at 7:56 am

    Thanks Deel0! Your info was helpful!

  2. Deel0 says

    June 10, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    How this manages to be the top search result is fascinating. To see system specs, open terminal and type “inxi” then hit ENTER.

  3. Arne Furre says

    January 21, 2022 at 4:43 am

    Thank you for yor time to explain,veru much apprecoted

  4. Carson says

    August 11, 2021 at 10:08 pm

    Worked for me on Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 32-bit. Thanks!

  5. Ed Rahn says

    June 23, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    System info as per directions does NOT work.
    What else do I try?

  6. Pat says

    February 20, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    well that doesn’t freaking work

  7. Greg says

    December 24, 2020 at 4:18 am

    This doesn’t work on Linux Mint XFCE.

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