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Hardware Probe (hw-probe)

Hardware Probe (hw-probe) is a tool for testing the functionality of computer hardware and uploading the results to a Linux hardware database. Designed to make it easier to collect the history needed to investigate hardware problems

Probe is a snapshot of your computer's hardware status and logs. The tool checks the health of devices by analyzing logs and returns a persistent URL in the public database Linux Hardware to view the computer scan.

Installation from repository

Hardware Probe can be installed in any familiar and convenient way:

Install via GNOME Software

In three clicks 😊

Follow the link install Hardware Probe and confirm the “open application” operation in the browser. The Application Center will open, select the source "Sisyphus" in it, and click the "download" button

Installation via terminal

shell
su -
apt-get update
apt-get install hw-probe
shell
epm -i hw-probe

Installation using Flatpak

If you have the Flatpak package, you can install Hardware Probe with one command:

shell
flatpak install flathub org.linux_hardware.hw-probe

Or using the GNOME Software 🤔

Follow the link to install Hardware Probe, then confirm the "open application" operation in the browser. After this, the Application Center will open, select the source "Flathub" in it and click the "download" button

Installation using Snaps

If you have the snapd package, you can install Hardware Probe with one command:

shell
snap install hw-probe

or 🤔

using the GNOME Software install Hardware Probe and confirm the “open application” operation in the browser

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