Get a unique computer ID in Python on windows and linux
I’d like to get an id unique to a computer with Python on Windows and Linux. It could be the CPU ID, the motherboard serial, … or anything else.
hardware
How to know if /dev/sdX is a connected USB or HDD?
How can I know if /dev/sdX is a local HDD or USB key?
I’d prefer a way of doing this without root privileges.
Harddisk serial number from terminal?
I have multiple harddisks which get connected to my server and I’m not sure which one is what in the view of sdXY . If I can see the serial numbers of my harddisks from terminal, I can easily identify them.
How can I reserve a block of memory from the Linux kernel?
I have a device that needs a block of memory that is reserved solely for it, without the OS intervening. Is there any way to tell BIOS or the OS that a block of memory is reserved, and it must not use it?
Are the major, minor number unique
Are the major, minor number Unique?
Getting capabilities of my CD/DVD drive when wodim –devices doesn’t work
I used to be able to run either commands successfully on my Fedora 14 Thinkpad T410 laptop:
Stress testing SD cards using linux
I got into a little debate with someone yesterday regarding the logic and/or veracity of my answer here, vis., that logging and maintaining fs meta-data on a decent (GB+) sized SD card could never be significant enough to wear the card out in a reasonable amount of time (years and years). The jist of the counter-argument seemed to be that I must be wrong since there are so many stories online of people wearing out SD cards.
how is page size determined in virtual address space?
Linux uses a virtual memory system where all of the addresses are virtual addresses and not physical addresses. These virtual addresses are converted into physical addresses by the processor.
generate consistent machine unique ID
Can we generate a unique id for each PC, something like uuuidgen, but it will never change unless there are hardware changes? I was thinking about merging CPUID and MACADDR and hash them to generate a consistent ID, but I have no idea how to parse them using bash script, what I know is how can I get CPUID from
How to disable Hardware Acceleration in Linux?
How can I turn off Hardware Acceleration in Linux, also known as Direct Rendering. I wish to turn this off, as it messes with some applications like OBS Studio which can’t handle capturing of hardware acceleration on other applications since it’s enabled for the entire system. Certain apps can turn it on and off, but can’t do this for desktop and other apps.