Using Guname

Guname displays a variety of basic information about your system. This section describes basic usage of Guname.

Basic usage

Starting Guname opens the Main window, shown in Figure 1.

In the main window, Guname shows the operating system distribution your computer uses, the operating system, the distribution version, the operating system version, the operating system release, the processor type, the host name, the name of the user who invoked Guname, the name of the X display and the status of the system: up time (the length of time since your computer was last booted), the current number of users and three numbers representing "load" - the average number of processes running on your computer over the last minute (the first load number), the last five minutes and the last fifteen minutes.

The main window includes a text box that scrolls through a list of the many contributors to the GNOME project.

The main window also includes three buttons that allow you to take further action: Detailed Information..., Save Information to File..., and Email Information.

Detailed Information

The Detailed Information window provides data on disk usage, memory and your CPU.