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I haven't seen a topic like this so I thought it would be fun to start one, it will be interesting to see
the different hardware everyone is running here. It may give newcomers an idea on how many
hardware setups GNU/Linux is able to run and maybe it will give you inspiration for future purchases.
I will start with my system:

Desktop running Arch:
- Case: Cooler Master N300(Closed)
- Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 700W CM
- Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC
- Cpu: Intel Core i9-9900KF
- Cpu Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4
- Ram: G. Skill Ripjaw V F4-4000C18Q-32GVK
- Gpu: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC 12G
- Ssd: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB

Update: Share all your hardware setups now, not just your main.
 
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In my case, my "main" system isn't my beefiest.

I also have a cooler master (with a bent "foot" on one corner, so it doesn't sit perfectly level".
Intel i7-4790K
16 GB RAM.
INTEL SSDPEKNW010T8 - 1TB NVME (in both M.2 slots, 2TB total)
Asrock Z97 Extreme6.
Nvidia 2080 RTX


I have a second system with a
SUPERMICRO MBD-H11DSI-NT dual Ryzen EPYC, (32 cores)
128 GB RAM.
Nvidia Ti960GT


But I don't use this as my main desltop system. It mostly has VMs on it.
 
All of my Linux computers are others discarded Windows computers some as old as 2007.

Most run dual core processors and 4.0 GB memory and integrated graphics adapters and mechanical hard drives.

The wife and kids get the new computers with the quad core processors and 8.0 GB memory with graphic cards and SSDs.

The wife and kids are Windows 10 users which is why they get the new computers.
 
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Since my last homebuild went kaput last year my desktop is now a fairly basic business machine
desktop
HP ProDesk 400 G2.5 SFF [ so minimal i call it a laptop in a box]
MB..HP model: 8105
cpu..Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-4590S
ram..ddr3 4gb
onboard sound/graphics
lappy
Dell 1545
cpu intel duel core
ram ddr2 4gb
Netbook
Acer ZG5 [32bit]
cpu Atom 32bit 1500
ram 1.5mb
HD 16gb Zif


the HP Runs Mint + cinnamon [also I have several drives with other distros I use for testing and mucking around with]
the Dell depends on which drive is inserted , I have the choice of Mint 19 XFCE, MX Linux XFCE Peppermint 10 64bit,
the zg5 runs peppermint re-spin 32 bit.
 
chris@UlyssaMATE-SSD:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-73-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: MATE 1.24.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5770 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0XH3XD v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.1.8
date: 08/15/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.3 Wh condition: 38.3/42.0 Wh (91%)
model: SMP DELL Y3F7Y6B status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 31999
Speed: 3100 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3100 2: 3100
3: 3100 4: 3100 5: 3100 6: 3100 7: 3100 8: 3100
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: amdgpu,ati,modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-73-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-7:5
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.69 TiB used: 399.02 GiB (6.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM007-1R8174 size: 1.82 TiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Micron model: 1100 SATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Book 25EE
size: 3.64 TiB
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 19.56 GiB used: 11.56 GiB (59.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb10
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: 51.0 C sodimm: 44.0 C gpu: amdgpu
temp: 25 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2797
Info:
Processes: 354 Uptime: 1h 22m Memory: 15.54 GiB used: 2.45 GiB (15.8%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38
chris@UlyssaMATE-SSD:~$

:)

Avagudweegend all

Wiz
 
brian@brian-desktop:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B150M Pro4 serial: <filter>
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P1.60 date: 11/09/2015
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium G4400 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 13199
Speed: 3300 MHz min/max: 800/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3300 2: 3300
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 510 vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 510 (SKL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Device-2: Logitech Z Cinéma type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-9:4
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: f040 bus ID: 00:1f.6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.43 TiB used: 347.41 GiB (14.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 650 120GB size: 111.79 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST3250820AS size: 232.88 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST3300822AS size: 279.46 GiB
ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 2621
size: 1.82 TiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 108.55 GiB used: 32.98 GiB (30.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 68.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 219 Uptime: 7h 52m Memory: 15.33 GiB used: 2.89 GiB (18.9%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38
brian@brian-desktop:~$

And because I could not see it...... 16GB RAM
 
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Update: Share all your hardware setups now, not just your main.
Really? Okay... here goes (all 8 of them: 2 desktops, 4 laptops, and 2 Raspberry Pi's). All are running 24/7 except my daily desktop (it sleeps when I do). The other 7 are SSH available to @h2-1 for inxi development testing.

Linux:
stan@hp:~$ inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2
Distro: Zorin OS 15.3 base: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic
Machine: Type: Desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: NY549AA-ABA p6230y v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: FOXCONN model: ALOE v: X3 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 5.00 date: 08/03/2009
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: AMD Phenom II X4 810 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 rev: 2 cache: L2: 2 MiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 20747
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: radeon v: kernel bus-ID: 01:05.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RS880 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-74-generic LLVM 10.0.0) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 11.1 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 108.1 GiB (23.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457.45 GiB used: 108.1 GiB (23.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 33.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 210 Uptime: 1h 26m Memory: 7.53 GiB used: 1.54 GiB (20.4%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5
Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 Packages: 2307 Shell: Bash v: 4.4.20 inxi: 3.3.03
stan@hp:~$

stan@lenovo-linux:~$ inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Console: tty 0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20266 v: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: Yoga2 v: 31900058STD serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: 76CN31WW date: 10/31/2013
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 41.3 Wh condition: 41.3/49.3 Wh (84%) model: Lenovo IdeaPad Kona status: Full
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-4500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell rev: 1 L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19154
Speed: 898 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 813 2: 863 3: 863 4: 814
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: server: X.org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa tty: 238x57
Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio: Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0
Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3040 bus ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 bus ID: 2-2:2
IF: enx00e04c682ce6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 10.55 GiB (4.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZMTD256HAGM-000L1 size: 238.47 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 233.24 GiB used: 10.54 GiB (4.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 175 Uptime: 11h 30m Memory: 7.69 GiB used: 688.0 MiB (8.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38
stan@lenovo-linux:~$

stan@pi3-raspbian64:~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: 5.10.17-v8+ aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Console: tty pts/0 Distro: Raspberry Pi OS
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: ARM Device System: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 details: BCM2835 rev: a020d3 serial: <filter>
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: N/A variant: cortex-a53 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: ARMv8 rev: 4
features: Use -f option to see features bogomips: 0
Speed: 1400 MHz min/max: 600/1400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400 4: 1400
Graphics: Device-1: bcm2835-hdmi driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A
Device-2: bcm2835-vc4 driver: vc4_drm v: N/A bus-ID: N/A
Display: server: X.org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev tty: 238x57
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: bcm2835-hdmi driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A
Device-2: bcm2835-audio driver: bcm2835_audio bus-ID: N/A
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.17-v8+ running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: no
Network: Device-1: bcm2835-mmc driver: mmc_bcm2835 v: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: N/A
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Standard Microsystems type: USB driver: lan78xx bus-ID: 1-1.1.1:4
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: pl011 driver: uart_pl011 bus-ID: N/A
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.0
Drives: Local Storage: total: 29.72 GiB used: 2.92 GiB (9.8%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 vendor: SanDisk model: SL32G size: 29.72 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 28.95 GiB used: 2.89 GiB (10.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2
ID-2: /boot size: 252 MiB used: 29.4 MiB (11.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 100 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /var/swap
Sensors: Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info: Processes: 119 Uptime: 11h 08m Memory: 910.2 MiB used: 153.7 MiB (16.9%) Init: systemd runlevel: 3 Compilers:
gcc: 8.3.0 Packages: 1380 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.3.04
stan@pi3-raspbian64:~ $


FreeBSD:
stan@lenovo-freebsd:~ $ doas inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p1 amd64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 11.0.1 Console: tty pts/0
OS: FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p1
Machine: Type: Notebook System: LENOVO product: 81VS v: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 1-14AST-05 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0Z91574 WIN serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: CWCN19WW rev: 1.19
date: 05/18/2020
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: AMD A6-9220e RADEON R4 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Excavator rev: 0
cache: L2: 1024 KiB
features: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm
Speed: 1597 MHz min/max: 1800/-1/2400/-1 MHz Core speeds (MHz): No speed data found for 2 cores.
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] driver: vgapci bus-ID: 0:0:1.0
Device-2: Chicony EasyCamera type: USB driver: ugen bus-ID: 1-1.3:3
Display: server: X.org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: vgapci note: n/a (using device driver) tty: 238x57
Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root.
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] driver: hdac bus-ID: 0:0:1.1
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h Audio driver: hdac bus-ID: 0:0:9.2
Sound Server-1: OSS v: 2009061500 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: none bus-ID: 0:2:0.0
Device-2: Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN type: USB driver: ugen bus-ID: 0-0.2:2
IF-ID-1: ue0 state: active speed: 1000baseT duplex: full-duplex mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: ugen bus-ID: 1-1.4:4
Report: No OS support. Is a comparable bluetooth tool available?
RAID: Device-1: zroot type: zfs status: ONLINE level: linear size: 55.5 GiB free: 51.9 GiB
Components: Online: 1: mmcsd0p4
Drives: Local Storage: total: 63 GiB used: 3.56 GiB (5.6%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcsd0 model: MMCHC MMC64G 1.8 SN 0000EAF9 MFG 07/2020 by 245 0x0000 size: 63 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 53.76 GiB used: 3.55 GiB (6.6%) fs: zfs logical: zroot/ROOT/default
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 259.9 MiB used: 1.8 MiB (0.7%) fs: msdosfs dev: /dev/mmcsd0p1
ID-3: /tmp size: 50.2 GiB used: 96 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs logical: zroot/tmp
ID-4: /usr/home size: 50.2 GiB used: 1.1 MiB (0.0%) fs: zfs logical: zroot/usr/home
ID-5: /var/log size: 50.2 GiB used: 596 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs logical: zroot/var/log
ID-6: /var/tmp size: 50.2 GiB used: 96 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs logical: zroot/var/tmp
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/mmcsd0p3
Sensors: Platform: No OS support. Is a comparable Freebsd sensors tool available?
Info: Processes: 56 Uptime: 11h 17m Memory: 3.79 GiB used: 3.04 GiB (80.1%) Init: init (BSD) Compilers: gcc: N/A
clang: 11.0.1 Packages: 4 Shell: sh inxi: 3.3.03
stan@lenovo-freebsd:~ $


OpenBSD:
hp-desktop-openbsd$ doas inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: OpenBSD 6.9 amd64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Console: tty p0 OS: OpenBSD 6.9
Machine: Type: N/A Mobo: HP-Pavilion model: NY549AA-ABA p6230y serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends
v: 5.00 rev: 2.6 date: 08/03/2009
Battery: Unknown-error: Unknown dmidecode error. Unable to generate data.
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: AMD Phenom II X4 810 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 rev: 2 cache: L2: 512 KiB
features: pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm
Speed: 2594 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): No speed data found for 4 cores.
Graphics: Device-1: ATI Radeon HD 4200 driver: N/A bus-ID: 1:5.0
Display: server: X.org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: N/A note: n/a (using device driver) tty: 115x34
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: ATI SBx00 HD Audio driver: N/A bus-ID: 0:20.2
Sound Server-1: sndio v: N/A running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek 8168 driver: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: 2:0.0
IF-ID-1: re0 state: active speed: 1000baseT duplex: full-duplex,rxpause,txpause mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (1.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sd0 vendor: TeamGroup model: T253X2128G size: 119.24 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sd1 type: removable model: Compact Flash size: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sd2 type: removable model: SM/xD-Picture size: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sd3 type: removable model: SD/MMC size: N/A
ID-5: /dev/sd4 type: removable model: MS/MS-Pro size: N/A
Partition: ID-1: / size: 985.8 MiB used: 101 MiB (10.2%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0a
ID-2: /home size: 57.86 GiB used: 192 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0k
ID-3: /tmp size: 3.87 GiB used: 10 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0d
ID-4: /usr size: 5.81 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (19.7%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0f
ID-5: /var size: 13.76 GiB used: 9.8 MiB (0.1%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0e
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sd0b
Sensors: Platform: No OS support. Is a comparable Openbsd sensors tool available?
Info: Processes: 32 Uptime: 11h 49m Memory: 7.73 GiB used: 56 MiB (0.7%) Init: init (BSD) Compilers:
gcc: 4.2.1 clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 14 Shell: ksh v: 5.2.14_99/07/13.2 inxi: 3.3.03
hp-desktop-openbsd$

hp-laptop-openbsd$ doas inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: OpenBSD 6.9 amd64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 10.0.1 Console: tty p0 OS: OpenBSD 6.9
Machine: Type: N/A Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: HP Pavilion 11 x360 PC v: 0975100002405F00010420180
serial: <filter> BIOS: Insyde v: F.14 rev: 2.7 date: 07/28/2014
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0 Wh (0.0%) condition: 19.8/29.0 Wh (68.1%) volts: 5.65 min: 7.60 model: N/A
status: idle
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Pentium N3540 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont rev: 8 cache:
L2: 4 MiB
features: pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx
Speed: 2159 MHz min/max: 498/2159 MHz Core speeds (MHz): No per core speed data found.
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Bay Trail Video driver: inteldrm bus-ID: 0:2.0
Device-2: DECTK019I7C6HM HP Truevision HD type: USB driver: uvideo bus-ID: 0-02:02
Display: server: X.org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: inteldrm note: n/a (using device driver) tty: 115x34
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: Intel Bay Trail HD Audio driver: azalia bus-ID: 0:27.0
Sound Server-1: sndio v: N/A running: yes
Network: Device-1: Ralink RT3290 driver: ral port: N/A bus-ID: 2:0.0
IF: ral0 state: no network mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek 8101E driver: re port: N/A bus-ID: 4:0.0
IF: re0 state: active speed: 100baseTX duplex: full-duplex mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Ralink Bluetooth driver: N/A bus-ID: 2:0.1
Report: No OS support. Is a comparable bluetooth tool available?
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 1.53 GiB (0.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sd0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABF0 size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 985.8 MiB used: 103.8 MiB (10.5%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0a
ID-2: /home size: 295.27 GiB used: 188 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0k
ID-3: /tmp size: 3.87 GiB used: 10 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0d
ID-4: /usr size: 5.81 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (19.7%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0f
ID-5: /var size: 11.39 GiB used: 10.7 MiB (0.1%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0e
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.13 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sd0b
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 48.00 C mobo: 44.00 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 32 Uptime: 11h 48m Memory: 3.88 GiB used: 1.48 GiB (38.0%) Init: init (BSD) Compilers:
gcc: 4.2.1 clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 27 Shell: ksh v: 5.2.14_99/07/13.2 inxi: 3.3.04
hp-laptop-openbsd$

asus-openbsd$ doas inxi -Fxz
System: Kernel: OpenBSD 6.9 amd64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 10.0.1 Console: tty p0 OS: OpenBSD 6.9
Machine: Type: N/A Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X401U v: 1.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: X401U.204 rev: 2.7
date: 05/08/2012
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.0 Wh (97.9%) condition: 38.8/48.4 Wh (80.1%) volts: 12.46 min: 10.80 model: ASUSTek X401-44
status: idle
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bobcat rev: 0 cache:
L2: 1024 KiB
features: pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm
Speed: 1398 MHz min/max: 777/1400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): No per core speed data found.
Graphics: Device-1: ATI Radeon HD 7310 driver: radeondrm bus-ID: 0:1.0
Device-2: Azurewave USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam type: USB driver: uvideo bus-ID: 2-02:02
Display: server: X.org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: radeondrm note: n/a (using device driver) tty: 238x57
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: ATI Radeon HD 6310 HD Audio driver: azalia bus-ID: 0:1.1
Device-2: AMD Hudson-2 HD Audio driver: N/A bus-ID: 0:20.2
Sound Server-1: sndio v: N/A running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek 8168 driver: re port: N/A bus-ID: 6:0.0
IF: re0 state: active speed: 1000baseT duplex: full-duplex,rxpause,txpause mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink RT5390 driver: ral port: N/A bus-ID: 7:0.0
IF: ral0 state: no network mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 1.55 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sd0 vendor: Seagate model: ST320LT012-9WS14 size: 298.09 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 985.8 MiB used: 101.1 MiB (10.3%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0a
ID-2: /home size: 239.23 GiB used: 1 MiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0k
ID-3: /tmp size: 3.87 GiB used: 10 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0d
ID-4: /usr size: 5.81 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (19.7%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0f
ID-5: /var size: 10.83 GiB used: 9.8 MiB (0.1%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd0e
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.84 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sd0b
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 59.00 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 32 Uptime: 11h 56m Memory: 3.59 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (40.9%) Init: init (BSD) Compilers: gcc: 4.2.1
clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 25 Shell: ksh v: 5.2.14_99/07/13.2 inxi: 3.3.04
asus-openbsd$

pi4-openbsd$ doas inxi -Fxz
System:
Kernel: OpenBSD 6.9 arm64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 10.0.1
Console: tty p0 OS: OpenBSD 6.9
Machine:
Type: N/A Mobo: Raspberry Pi Foundation model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
v: D03114 serial: <filter> BIOS: N/A v: N/A date: N/A
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: ARM Cortex-A72 r0p3 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: N/A
rev: cache: L2: 1024 KiB note: check
features: Use -f option to see features
Speed: N/A min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): No per core speed data found.
Graphics:
Message: No device data found.
Display: server: X.org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: N/A tty: 80x24
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Message: No device data found.
Sound Server-1: sndio v: N/A running: yes
Network:
Message: No ARM data found for this feature.
IF-ID-1: bse0 state: active speed: 1000baseT duplex: full-duplex
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: bwfm0 state: no network mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 262.7 GiB used: 1.19 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sd0 type: removable vendor: Samsung model: EB1QT
size: 29.81 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sd1 vendor: ASMedia model: 1153E size: 232.89 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 985.8 MiB used: 100.8 MiB (10.2%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd1a
ID-2: /home size: 162.48 GiB used: 96 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd1l
ID-3: /tmp size: 3.87 GiB used: 10 KiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd1d
ID-4: /usr size: 5.81 GiB used: 879.1 MiB (14.8%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd1f
ID-5: /var size: 19.06 GiB used: 7.7 MiB (0.0%) fs: ffs dev: /dev/sd1e
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.09 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sd1b
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.23 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 28 Uptime: 11h 58m Memory: 7.84 GiB used: 1.28 GiB (16.4%)
Init: init (BSD) Compilers: gcc: N/A clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 13 Shell: ksh
v: 5.2.14_99/07/13.2 inxi: 3.3.04
pi4-openbsd$
 
Google up

skite

:)
LOL, nothing to skite about here, Chris! Check the reports! ;)

The 2 HP desktops are from 2009 (they are twins, same day purchase)
Asus laptop from 2012
Lenovo Yoga from 2013
HP laptop from 2014 (has dead battery)
The 2 Raspberry Pi's are low-end (the Pi 4 has 8GB RAM, a nice upgrade on that one)

None have more than 8 GB of RAM.

Ah, and finally, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim laptop from 2020. I actually bought 3 of these on a "Black Friday" sale last November.... for a whopping $120 USD each. Two will be gifts for family (with Linux installed). They are about as low-end as the Pi's, but being a laptop, they include the case, power adapter, keyboard, and display... so probably a better bargain than the Pi in the long run. But they're weird... few Linux distros will run on these laptops (mostly due to eMMC support, I think, but also wireless doesn't work with any Linux yet). For that cheap though... I can tolerate weird. Later distros may support the hardware better. A WiFi dongle solves at least one problem. :)
 
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Really? Okay... here goes (all 8 of them: 2 desktops, 4 laptops, and 2 Raspberry Pi's). All are running 24/7 except my daily desktop (it sleeps when I do). The other 7 are SSH available to @h2-1 for inxi development testing.
You have your ssh port open for the entire internet and allow someone you don't know to login?
 
Debiandog 64 jessie setup


System: Host: jessie64 Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: Compaq Presario CQ61 Notebook PC v: Rev 1
Mobo: Quanta model: 3069 v: 21.0B
Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.06 date: 06/03/2009
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron 900 (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 4388 clocked at 2194 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 84x20 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.16.0-4-amd64
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (24.2% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST9160314AS size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: swap-1 size: 2.00GB used: 0.03GB (2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 74.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 104 Uptime: 2:00 Memory: 432.5/931.5MB
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: N/A
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.1.28
 
You have your ssh port open for the entire internet and allow someone you don't know to login?
I appreciate your skepticism. I tried to lock these boxes down as good as I can, and I'm not an expert in such things. Please critique my setup below. "Someone I don't know" is fairly accurate... we've never met. I am quite a skeptical and suspicious computer user too, and I'm very protective of my home network. Often I will not even download a PDF or other file from "unknown sources." But Harald (@h2-1) and I have exchanged a very long chain of private emails, and I feel he is trustworthy in this arrangement. I would call him a friend, since working on this project with him.

I'm not a coder (inxi is written in Perl), but sharing this hardware is helpful to his project. He uses a lot of virtual machines and tests with his own computers, but the more real hardware he can access to test with, the better. inxi is all about testing hardware... that is its very purpose. We all benefit from the improvements he makes in his program.

Each shared computer is set as follows:
Not using port 22
Shared boxes on a separate subnet from home devices
Firewall enabled on all shared boxes
Don't allow root login
Don't allow any password login at all (SSH key only)
SSH only allows 2 users, Harald and myself

Despite my trust in Harald, I have not just taken a "set and forget" approach. I login to each box regularly, update the software and OS'es, monitor system logs for any suspicious activity or other signs that might indicate unauthorized access. So far, so good, as far as I've been able to tell.

Any tips on monitoring activity or other suggestions to enhance the security of this setup would be welcome. Have I missed anything important?
 
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Any tips on monitoring activity or other suggestions to enhance the security of this setup would be welcome. Have I missed anything important?
Best practice for such things is least privilege, so use firewall whitelisting and only allow @h2-1's ip address to access to the ssh port in your firewall configuration. If that is not an option because of him having a dynamic ip address then I would setup fail2ban to watch login attempts on the ssh port.
 
Otay.....

1 HP laptop 500gb HD dual boot still has Win 8.1 And Linux Mint. Haven't booted into W in 2 years.
1 HP Laptop 500gb HD Had W 10 Now has MX Linux only.
1 Dell Inspirion Touchscreen 11.5 inch Laptop, 500gb HD. Running Peppermint Linux and touchscreen works.
1 Alienware 11.5 inch laptop 256gb SSD running Peppermint Linux.
1 Pi 3B+ installed in the top of a tower speaker running Volumio, Listen to Web Radio. Or play MP3's.
1 Pi Zero W running Kodi, installed in a Grant Tank Model. :)
1 Pi 3B+ running Pi OS in a Pi Top Ceed has a 14 inch screen and the Pi is in the trim under it.
1 Pi Zero W running Pi OS installed in a portable case with a lipo battery and charger board.
1 Pi 3B+ Running Pi OS installed onto a stand with the 7 inch touchscreen.

The Newest Build. Asus B550M-A WiFi Motherboard. AMD Athlon 3000G. Cooler Master EVO 212 Black/RGB Cooler. 2x8Gb Corsair Ram. 1 256GB M.2 PCI-E drive has Win10. Dual boot, 256GB SSD Linux Mint, 480GB SSD storage between both. 480GB SSD Win only files. 1 256gb SSD in a USB plug additional files storage. 4 Gb AMD RX550 GPU. 600 W Corsair modular PS. 2 front white LED fans. 2 top white LED fans. 1 Rear Red LED fan. 1 Side Blue LED fan. The CPU fan is RGB.
Can add 2 more sticks ram total 128gb. Can upgrade CPU with any number of Zen 3 AMD CPU's.

I Need a little intervention....:D
 
Pi400 with the mouse that came with the kit.
27" curved Spectre monitor with built-in speakers
powered usb hub with 500Gb SSD

Inxi:
Code:
System:    Kernel: 5.10.43-v8+ aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: MATE 1.24.1 info: mate-panel, plank, kdocker
           wm: marco 1.24.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: Raspberry Pi OS base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:   Type: ARM Device System: Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 details: BCM2835 rev: c03130 serial: <filter>
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: N/A variant: cortex-a72 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: ARMv8 rev: 3 bogomips: 432
           Speed: 2200 MHz max: 2200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200
           Features: asimd cpuid crc32 evtstrm fp
Graphics:  Device-1: bcm2708-fb driver: bcm2708_fb v: kernel bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:soc class-ID: fb
           Device-2: bcm2711-hdmi0 driver: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:soc class-ID: hdmi
           Device-3: bcm2711-hdmi1 driver: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:soc class-ID: hdmi
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: marco v: 1.24.1 driver: loaded: fbdev unloaded: modesetting
           resolution: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: bcm2835-audio driver: bcm2835_audio bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:bcm2835_audio class-ID: bcm2835_audio
           Device-2: bcm2711-hdmi0 driver: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:soc class-ID: hdmi
           Device-3: bcm2711-hdmi1 driver: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:soc class-ID: hdmi
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.43-v8+ running: yes
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: bcm2835-mmc driver: mmc_bcm2835 v: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:fe300000 class-ID: mmcnr
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Device-2: bcm2711-genet-v5 driver: bcmgenet v: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:fd580000 class-ID: ethernet
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-1: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth: Device-1: pl011 driver: uart_pl011 bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: arm:fe201000 class-ID: serial
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.0 sub-v: 6606 hci-v: 5.0
           rev: 36
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 936.93 GiB used: 117.81 GiB (12.6%)
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: SD256 size: 238.3 GiB rotation: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
           ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 232.88 GiB serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
           ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Samsung model: PSSD T7 size: 465.76 GiB rotation: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / size: 458.2 GiB used: 47.78 GiB (10.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
           ID-2: /boot size: 252 MiB used: 47.9 MiB (19.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 100 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /var/swap
           ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 3 GiB used: 197.2 MiB (6.4%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.3 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 205 Uptime: 13h 34m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 1.94 GiB (51.2%) gpu: 76 MiB Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5
           target: graphical.target Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: 2330 apt: 2321 flatpak: 9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8
           running-in: guake inxi: 3.3.04
 
No thanks, I'll pass.
 

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