[techtalk] how to get hardware specs

[alissa bader]

ok, acutally this is *really* for solaris, instead of
linux, but surely there's a similar command for both.
:>

I am trying to figure out what type of hardware, how
much disk space, how much ram etc is on a box.  I know
if I was doing this on a mac I'd click on "about this
macintosh."  I know if I was doing this on an NT
machine, I'd check out the properties under "My
Computer."  

Someone told me dmesg would do it, but all I get is a
garbled bunch of infomation.

any other ideas?  this has to be one of the simplest
things out there.  :>

thanks alissa

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