Get All Kind of System Information in Linux Terminal With inxi

Описание: inxi is a CLI tool that lists information about your Linux system. This includes both hardware and software details. You get simple details like which computer model you have, which kernel, distribution, and desktop environment you are using, etc. You also get details like which RAM slot of your motherboard is occupied by memory modules etc.

It can also be used to monitor processes that are running on your computer that are either consuming CPU resources or memory resources, or both.

In this tutorial, I’ll show some of the popular use cases of inxi to get information for your Linux system.

But first, let me quickly show you how to install inxi.

Install inxi on your Linux distribution
Inxi is a popular software that is available in the repository of most Linux distributions. Not popular enough to have it installed by default.

To install inxi on Ubuntu and Debian based distributions, use this command:

sudo apt install inxi

Using inxi to get Linux system details
You can get an overview of your system information by simply running the inxi command in your terminal.

inxi

You can also use the “-b” flag to show a more detailed overview of your system information. It will show more information regarding your CPU, drives, currently running processes, motherboard UEFI version, GPU, display resolution, network devices etc

inxi -b

As you might have noticed by the use of the “-b” flag, inxi, just like any command-line utility, has a lot of flags that influence the output of inxi once executed. You can use these flags or combine them to get only certain detailed information.

Get details of audio devices
Using the “-A” flag will present you with information about your audio [output] devices. That will display the physical audio [output] devices, sound server and the audio driver details.

inxi -A

Get detailed CPU information
The -C flag shows detailed CPU information. That includes your CPU cache size, speed in MHz (of each core, if there are multiple cores), number of cores, CPU model and also if your CPU is 32-bit or 64-bit.

inxi -C

In the end…
For the individuals who have to diagnose issues with computers and its system information that they are not aware of, inxi can be incredibly helpful. It shows the processes that are consuming CPU, memory; you can check if the correct graphics drivers are being used, if the motherboard UEFI/BIOS is up to date, and much more.