Does Linux have an equivalent of "Device Manager" in Windows?

[Learning Linux 2011]

Does Linux have an equivalent of "Device Manager" in Windows?

Someplace where it tells you all of the hardware that is installed in your computer?

[teward]

To my knowledge, in an out-of-the-box install of Ubuntu (which when I reference Ubuntu i of course am including all Ubuntu variants), there is no GUI program to do this (GUI is a graphical user interface, like the device manager of Windows).

I know of a few CLI (command-line interface) commands that'll spit out a list of hardware, but its in no way a method to get a complete list.


However, I found a GUI package (called gnome-device-manager) which might do what you're looking for, but i havent extensively tested it, so i can't vouch for its effectiveness just yet.

***EDIT***
I've had some time to mess around with it a tiny bit, and it does show you all the devices on your system, but unlike the Windows Device Manager, you cannot enable/disable hardware, nor can you change its properties through the GUI (note that in Ubuntu 10.04, the version number for the program is 0.2-3, which means it isnt even fully developed software, or at least the versions in the repos arent).

[Hakunka-Matata]

several ways to do it.

from the Terminal

sudo lshw

my machine takes a while (couple of seconds) to gather all the information then spits it out.

if you want to spit it out to a file,

sudo lshw > ~/Desktop/hardware

for instance

[Hakunka-Matata]

if you want a gui version, search in "Synaptic Package Manager" System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager for "device manager"

[teward]

several ways to do it.

from the Terminal

sudo lshw

my machine takes a while (couple of seconds) to gather all the information then spits it out.

if you want to spit it out to a file,

sudo lshw > ~/Desktop/hardware

for instance

True, that would work, but in the defense of the beginning user, I think they'd all rather use GUI programs to show this, rather than grep (which is the Linux version of "search" for a text file) a file for what they're looking for :/

if you want a gui version, search in "Synaptic Package Manager" System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager for "device manager"

The closest thing is that GUI package I mentioned in my first response (check my edits for details).

[Hakunka-Matata]

lspci
lsusb
lsdev

and the list goes on.........

[Hakunka-Matata]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Us...ion%20Commands

[Learning Linux 2011]

Ahh, ok, found it.

[Hakunka-Matata]

True, that would work, but in the defense of the beginning user, I think they'd all rather use GUI programs to show this, rather than grep (which is the Linux version of "search" for a text file) a file for what they're looking for :/




The closest thing is that GUI package I mentioned in my first response (check my edits for details).

Your reply came in whilst I was preparing a reply, sorry didn't see it before I replied. Several times no less!

Hopefully the new user will learn the usefulness of the CLI before too long though, it is too useful, nay, essential.......... MO

[Learning Linux 2011]

Yeah, I grew up with DOS, so a command line isn't a new concept to me. It is just learning new things. Alot to take in, alot to learn.