smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
pofig - portable shell script for probing base system properties: OS, OS version, kernel version, distro, distro version, architecture.
It detects: 19 operating systems, 11 major linux distros, 13 CPU types.
See wiki for more information and examples.
UnixConf is a System-Configuration-Tool for Debian(in future RedHat,SuSE,Open- & FreeBSD to) written in Shell-Script(sh/ash).
It is a X/Dialog based Modular System-Tool created for Admins,
to Configure your Base-System, Network, Servers,...