In addition to using the GNOME System Monitor, you can determine information about the C...

In addition to using the GNOME System Monitor, you can determine information about the CPU in a Linux computer by displaying the contents of the Linux file, /proc/cpuinfo via the less command. You learn how to display the

CPU information within the /proc/cpuinfo file in this project.

To display detailed information about the CPU:

1. Click Applications, point to System Tools, and click Terminal.

2. At the command prompt, type less /proc/cpuinfo (see Figure 3-6) and press Enter.

3. Press the Page Down key or press the spacebar to view more of the file’s contents a page at a time. The Page Up key will take you back up through the previous pages of the file. You can also use the up or down arrows to navigate through the file a line at a time.

4. How many processors are in the computer? (If you see only one line that has processor 0, then you have one processor. A second line, showing processor 1, would mean you have two processors, and so on.) What is the model name of the CPU(s)? What is the MHz or GHz rating of your computer’s CPU(s)? What is the cache size?

5. Press q to exit the display of the /proc/cpuinfo file’s contents.

6. Close the Terminal window.