Finding Hardware Info on Peppermint
 

I am trying to find a utility (sort of like Windows "Device Manager") which will show my hardware configuration and drivers. I have searched for "device" hardware utilities" etc. on the synaptic package manager but not really finding what I want...

Does anyone here know a good utility package that can show me all the hardware and drivers being used to communicate with them?

thanks

There are a number of ways to check what hardware you have in Linux. These are all important to know when configuring a kernel from source before compiling it.

There may be more that are just a google search away, and they might just give you the same info as the ones above do.

To see drivers (kernel modules) in use, use

On my machine, here is a snip of the output.

You can see the kernel module (driver) in use is snd-hda-intel. This is extremely useful when compiling a kernel to know what to include in your kernel config. Most everything should be compiled directly into the kernel for your specific hardware. That will result in a much faster more efficient kernel.

For a few devices that are not always in use such as my usb webcam, I left it as a module, so that it only loads when in use. This is just my preference. You can do it either way.