How to know the model of the computer from Ubuntu?

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I am unable to find my computer model name. I have Ubuntu 12.04. I tried HardInfo and System Monitor, but could not find it. I know this is a noob question, but any help is appreciated.

Sukupa91 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-06T08:19:10.747

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The easy way is to make a text file to search in between do -

sudo lshw | grep product >file
gedit file

Everything will be displayed clearly.The first line will your product name.

You can also view release date , product name, baseband manufacture by followings-

sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name
sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer

hpe its all clear now.

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answered Dec 06 '13 at 08:13

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Also you can use `-t, --type TYPE`: Only display the entries of type TYPE: `sudo dmidecode -t system`. – Pablo Bianchi Mar 23 '17 at 20:51
Old but it worked. Thank you very much. – kailor Jun 26 '18 at 09:22
In case you don't want to save output to a file, you can just omit the `>file` part and contents will be displayed in your terminal's buffer: `sudo lshw | grep product` – solstinger Jul 26 '22 at 08:03

Avinash Raj · Answer 2 · 2013-12-06T08:16:12.677

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Try the below command on terminal on get the exact model name,

sudo dmidecode | less | grep Version | sed -n '2p'

Try this command to display your pc's model name with some information,

sudo dmidecode | less | grep Version

Try this for product name,

 sudo dmidecode | less | grep "Product Name"

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answered Dec 06 '13 at 07:53

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Since I wanted the Product name, the command that worked was sudo dmidecode | less | grep "Product Name" dmidecode worked. – DryFire Dec 06 '13 at 08:05
It does not show product name.. – Sukupa91 Dec 06 '13 at 08:13
sudo dmidecode | less | grep "Product Name" save the world! Thanks. – PhatHV Jun 14 '20 at 04:47

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '13 at 07:53

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This is a GUI Application to display some hardware and software information about the computer.

sudo apt-get install sysinfo

answered Dec 06 '13 at 07:53

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or lshw via teminal – Yassine Dec 06 '13 at 07:54
lshw doesn't display pc model name. – Avinash Raj Dec 06 '13 at 07:56

Maythux · Answer 4 · 2015-06-01T14:09:17.077

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dmidecode is the favorite, you can get your needs using:

sudo dmidecode | grep Version

For example my output is:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 31 '23 at 01:06

Actually none of these solutions worked for me. If you just run man dmidecode it tells you how to get specific system information strings, such as the model name. I tried this on three different laptop models:

sudo dmidecode -s system-family

and it replied with my family model name, which is what I wanted.

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