Listing Hardware

For a full detailed list of hardware on ubuntu try:
sudo lshw

The list hardware tool creates a detailed list of hardware organized by component. For example:

*-battery
description: Lithium Ion Battery
product: PA3098U
vendor: PANASONIC
physical id: 1
version: 05/25/2001
serial: 3658Q
slot: 1st Battery
capacity: 3900mWh
configuration: voltage=14.8V

You can output the list to a html document by running:
sudo lshw -html > hardware.html



On other debian based distributions you may find lshw is not installed by default in which case try aptitude install lshw.