There's also "lsblk" for block devices. "apt-get -u upgrade" will show upgradeable packages, but you can get more info from "aptitude" (the curses interface) since that will show security updates separately, and will also give you the change lists.
By the way, on Windows you can get quite a lot of this information by typing "systeminfo" at the command line. On 12 June 2014 09:03, Peter Merchant <madsmad...@netscape.net> wrote: > On 12/06/14 01:15, Paul Tansom wrote: > >> ** Keith Edmunds <k...@midnighthax.com> [2014-06-11 19:17]: >> >>> Maybe you should describe want you want to achieve. I've no idea what >>> Belarc Advisor does. >>> >> ** end quote [Keith Edmunds] >> >> I was thinking much the same thing. I have used Belarc Advisor once to >> try and >> work out a chipset so I could track down a driver iirc. It gives quite a >> bit of >> information, but I have a feeling I ended up booting Linux in order to >> get the >> info I needed in the end. >> >> There are plenty of tools to get similar info, but I'm not sure there is a >> single one that does the lot. Depending what you are looking for you may >> like >> to look at one or more of the following as a starting point: >> >> dpkg -l (to list packages installed on a .deb based system, not sure off >> hand >> of the .rpm equivalent) >> lsmod (for the loaded modules) >> lshw (for hardware details) >> lsusb (usb hardware) >> lspci (pci hardware) >> lscpu (cpu info) >> dmidecode (memory info) >> >> There are others, but these are pretty standard on Debian/Ubuntu based >> distros. >> >> Thanks Paul, > > I usually use Belarc Advisor when I start to look at someone's computer, > because they don't always know what they have. It gives a seven page file > of the hardware and software condition of the computer, including the state > of patches. . > If I combine the outputs of what Paul suggests, I should get close enough > for a linux machine, I guess. > > Here's a sample: ( Not formatted nicely) > Operating System > Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) > Install Language: English (United States) > System Locale: English (United States) > Installed: 09/03/2010 16:10:00 > > Processor1.80 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 > 128 kilobyte primary memory cache > 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache > 64-bit ready > Not hyper-threaded > new USB Storage Use in past 30 Days (mouse over last used for details) > Supra DC 5900, s/n 000000000000100, rev 1.00 > Kingston DT 101 G2, s/n > 001CC0EC33B0BB91070C0043, rev PMAP > Seagate Desktop, s/n 2GHLQ4ZA, rev 0130 > ARCHOS A70S, s/n > A70-5D540002-9FFC0000-0163B990-05022017, > rev 0000 > Kindle Internal Storage, s/n B023170124470WL8, > Last Used > 11/01/201409/01/201406:48:17* > 08:43:52* > 06/01/201406/01/201411:49:27* > 08:56:37* > 03/01/201416:38:39* > System Model > WinFast 6150M2MA FAB2.0 > Enclosure Type: Desktop > > Main Circuit BoardBoard: WinFast 6150M2MA > FAB2.0 > Bus Clock: 201 megahertz > BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, > LTD 686W1D24 11/02/2007 > new Hosted Virtual Machines > (mouse over name for details) > None discovered > ... > > Users (mouse over user name for details) > local user accounts last logon > Peter Merchant 16/01/201407:07:25 > local system accounts never > Administrator 15/01/2014 > Guest never > HelpAssistant never > SUPPORT_388945a0 > > (admin) > (admin) > Marks a disabled account; > Marks a locked account > > Controllers > Standard floppy disk controller > NVIDIA nForce 430/410 Serial ATA Controller (2x) > Primary IDE Channel [Controller] > Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] > Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller > Bus Adapters > Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller > Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller > Virus Protection [Back to Top] > COMODO Antivirus Version 6.0 > Virus Definitions Version Up To Date > Realtime File Scanning On > Communications new – connection speed & status > ↑ NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller > primary IP Address: > 192.168.1.10 / 28 > Gateway: > 192.168.1.1 > Physical Address: > 00:1C:25:35:BD:1C > ... > Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top] > Q2538242 - Important (details...) These required security hotfixes were > not found installed > (using the 01/14/2014 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary > Q2596843 - Important (details...) with definitions version 2014.1.15.3). > Note: Security > benchmarks require that Critical and Important severity > Q2687499 - Critical (details...) security hotfixes must be installed. > > .. > > and more. > > Cheers, > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-07-01 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-07-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
