---
title: "Linux: How the Kernel Interacts with Hardware"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-how-the-kernel-interacts-with-hardware-hkuhlvqqi
source_url: https://thenewstack.io/linux-how-the-kernel-interacts-with-hardware/
type: article
source: "The New Stack"
published: 2024-05-01T21:06:49.097Z
updated: 2024-11-16T02:14:22.996Z
tags: ["hardware", "infrastructure", "linux", "sysadmin"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 10
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Linux: How the Kernel Interacts with Hardware

**[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 9 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how the Linux kernel interacts with hardware components such as the CPU, RAM, storage, and network. Discover tools for displaying CPU and memory information, understanding storage partitions, checking capacity and utilization, and gathering network information.

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