Draft:Hardinfo2
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| Original author(s) | lpereira, hwspeedy |
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| Developer(s) | bp0, ocerman, etc.[1] |
| Initial release | 2003 |
| Stable release | 2.1.11
/ 2024-05-31 |
| Repository | https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | Linux OS |
| Predecessor | hardinfo |
| License | GPL2+[2] |
| Website | https://hardinfo2.org |
Hardinfo2 is a GTK software application for the Linux operating system. More GTK applications can be found on List of GTK applications. It offers system information and benchmark for Linux systems. It is able to obtain information from both hardware and basic software. It can benchmark a system and compare it to other machines online.
It is based on hardinfo, which has not been had a new released in over 10 years.[3]
Features include:[4]
- Report generation (in either HTML or plain text)
- Online benchmarking - compares a machine against other machines
The hardinfo2 program is distributed in the top Linux distributions [5] [6] [7] The source chain from hardinfo2 packages in these distros point to upstream https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2.
Read about the history of the Free and Open Source Software program: https://hardinfo2.org/history
References
- ^ "Contributors to hardinfo2/Hardinfo2". GitHub.
- ^ "Hardinfo2/LICENSE at master · hardinfo2/Hardinfo2". GitHub.
- ^ "hardinfo Has Been Rebooted As hardinfo2 • Linux Tips". Linux Tips. May 26, 2024.
- ^ "Hardinfo2 - System Information and Benchmark for Linux". www.tecmint.com. March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Fedora hardinfo2 package".
- ^ "Debian hardinfo2 package".
- ^ "Arch Linux hardinfo2 package".