Whether you need to flash the BIOS or check hardware compatibility for a virtualization engine, it is often necessary to gather details on your current hardware, BIOS, and CPU/DRAM feature set. In this article I’ll provide a starting list of commands you can use to gather this information.
If you installed (or upgraded to) a later Ubuntu point release: >= 12.04.2, >=14.04.2, or >=16.04.2, you may now be wondering why the system is warning you upon every login that you will no longer receive security updates. WARNING: Security updates for your current Hardware Enablement Stack ended on 2016-08-04: * http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1404_HWE_EOL Although the first … Ubuntu: HWE Hardware Enablement Stacks, LTS, and the Kernel