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The HWINFO Story: Martin Malik, the Face and the History Behind the Well-Known Diagnostic Tool | igor´sLAB (www.igorslab.de)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea HWiNFO has been around since 1995, what a great tool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love how they resurrected and maintain the DOS version still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

if only he'd make a QT version and make a linux binary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It wouldn't be welcome.

That ecosystem doesn't want binaries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It would be nice if there were ANY tool like it on Linux. As far as I can tell, there isn't, and that's somewhat disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That ecosystem doesn't want binaries.

and that's one of the reasons why there'll never be a "year of the linux desktop"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

A container then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Great stuff. We need more positive tech content like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Works great with Rainmeter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

His other interests include nuclear physics (including research on the Chernobyl disaster), theoretical physics, and cosmology.

Thanks for my daily reminder of my complete lack of ambition