Linux exercise 1 - Linux history and general information¶

• In this exercise you are going to retrieve information about
  • Kernel
  • Hardware
  • Linux Distribution
• This information is gathered using various system commands
• Use the following commands in this exercise:

uname

lshw

lsb_release

• You can retrieve command parameters from each command by using --help with the command (for example uname --help)
• Find each of the following information using the commands listed above. Important: Use only one command for each and avoid showing other information than what is asked (see the example below)!

Example: Retrieve your machines node hostname.

testuser@ubuntu-PC:~$ uname -n
DESKTOP-QP291ND

1. Machine name
2. Kernel name, version and release
3. Version of uname command
4. System memory amount (GiB)
5. Processor
6. Display adapter
7. Distribution release and description
8. Codename of the distribution