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Old 09-04-2016, 03:47 AM   #1
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I am going this weekend to buy a new desktop CPU.

If I walk into a store and ask to see a computer with Linux installed on it, is there a command I can use to verify what the salesman says he is showing me?
 
Old 09-04-2016, 04:29 AM   #2
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I am going this weekend to buy a new desktop CPU.

If I walk into a store and ask to see a computer with Linux installed on it, is there a command I can use to verify what the salesman says he is showing me?
You don't even need Linux pre-installed, you probably can plug in your live-USB with, say, Ubuntu and do something like lshw or
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lshw -html > lshw
and then open lshw file in a browser for a fancy output. You can also try lspci and lscpu.
 
Old 09-04-2016, 08:20 PM   #3
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[CODE]cat /etc/*release* or
cat /etc/*issue*
[CODE]

Should do it.

(With the wild cards, one or both of those should work with the great majority of distros.)

If you walk into a store that's not a specialty shop in the USA and find a new computer with Linux pre-installed, I'll eat my mouse with mustard on it.
 
Old 09-05-2016, 01:42 AM   #4
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If I walk into a store and ask to see a computer with Linux installed on it
highly unlikely.


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You don't even need Linux pre-installed, you probably can plug in your live-USB with, say, Ubuntu and do something like lshw
most computer salesmen will go nuts if you attempt sth like that, thinking you're breaking their computers.
but i would insist (after all, they want to make a sale, no?)
when they see a beautiful kde desktop, after MUCH shorter booting times, and from a usb stick at that, i bet their eyes will pop out.

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If you walk into a store that's not a specialty shop and find a new computer with Linux pre-installed, I'll eat my mouse with mustard on it.
ditto. hot, french mustard.
 
Old 09-05-2016, 02:36 AM   #5
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Thanks guys for the replies.
 
  


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