Seda-about

About System (seda-about)

This is a component of Seda's Enhancements, introduced in Version 4.

The "About System" feature is a Bash script which finds and lists some key system information. The name of the menu entry is dynamically selected during installation, and will read as "About Hostname".

For example, on System Jennifer it is listed as About Jennifer. Some of the information the script can provide includes:

→ System Name

→ Seda Verified Build

→ Identification

→ LVFS Supported

→ Mainboard Vendor

→ Mainboard Model

→ Firmware Version

→ Firmware Age

→ Software

→ Powered On

→ Uptime

→ Processor

→ Codename

→ Type

→ Speed Range

→ Security Flaws

→ Protected

→ Unprotected

→ Video

→ Model

→ Driver Module

→ Mesa Version

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• The current hostname of the system as "System Name". This can be used to identify the system on a network, such as in a router interface.

• Whether or not the system is a Seda Verified Build (SE) and what version of the build type it is.

• The systems Identification (SE) string.

• Whether the Linux Vendor Firmware Service is supported by the system.

• The Motherboard/Mainboard vendor.

• The Motherboard/Mainboard model.

• The Firmware Version of the Mainboard UEFI or BIOS.

• The Firmware Age of the Mainboard UEFI or BIOS.

• The Operating System name and version running on the system.

• The time the system was last powered on, the [POST] time.

• The uptime of the system.

• The CPU in the system, its codename and its architecture.

• The speed range of the CPU.

• Information about security flaws in the systems CPU and whether or not they are patched.

• The video devices in the system, known commonly as GPU and their model identifiers.

• The driver module in use on the system for the video device.

• The version of Mesa present on the system.

• The amount of Memory, Swap, and a combined count of this available space on the system.

• Information about what version of Seda's Enhancements is present.

• When the system was last updated.