diff --git a/aliases b/aliases
index d2104ce7..66929c0c 100644
--- a/aliases
+++ b/aliases
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ alias ls="exa --icons"
 alias li="exa -1 --icons"
 alias ll="exa -lih --icons"
 alias {lsdir,lsd}="ls -t -1" # list only the directories
-alias lshw="doas lshw -short" # list hardware
+alias lshw="doas lshw -short | less" # list hardware
+alias {hw,hwinfo}="hwinfo | less" # extensive info on hardware devices
+alias dmid="doas dmidecode | less"
 alias of="onefetch -o yaml | yq -C"
 alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'
 alias {ex,esc}="exit"
diff --git a/updates.txt b/updates.txt
index afb6bfc7..f93bb7e5 100644
--- a/updates.txt
+++ b/updates.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ Update shell project:
 
 cproj
 git pull
+
+Install hwinfo and hdparm
+
+doas pacman -S hwinfo hdparm