CPU-G and i-Nex Hardware info Utilities for Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/13.04/11.10/Linux Mint

CPU-G is useful utility to show hardware information. It detects hardware and display details about everything, it shows information about CPU(Processor), RAM(Active/Inactive, Free, Used and cached), Motherboard and Chipset, Bios Details, Graphic card details, and details of installed Linux.

To install CPU-G in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cpug-devs/ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install cpu-g

2nd: i-Nex Hardware information Tool for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10/11.04/10.10/10.04/Linux Mint 13/12/11/10/9

i-Nex is used to gather information on the main system components (devices) such as CPU, motherboard, video memory, sound and so on. The application allows through a tabbed interface to display information about the system hardware.

To install i-Nex in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eloaders/i-nex-daily 
• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/gambas3
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install i-nex

That's it

Source: noobslab