| Command | Summary | Example usage | Notes and useful options |
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| dpkg -l | List all installed packages with summaries. | ||
| lspci | Displays information about PCI buses and devices connected to them. | Check if video cards are identified by the system correctly. | -k Show installed drivers for each connected device |
| ubuntu-drivers devices | Show devices which need drivers and the packages that can be installed to supply them. | Find the recommended proprietary driver package for an installed NVIDIA GPU. | |
| mount -t exfat <device> <mount-point> | Mounts an exFAT drive. | Mount an exFAT-formatted USB thumb drive partition /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/skope: $ sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/skope | To enable exFAT support: $ sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse |
| cat /proc/partitions | List disk partitions visible to Linux, mounted or not. | Look for an unmounted device corresponding to a USB drive. | |
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