How to know the model of the computer from Ubuntu?

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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"

Answer 3

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

sudo apt-get install sysinfo

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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.