Determine if on PC, TV, tablet, mobile phone, or even car display?

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Greetings!

I have been playing with Gnome Mobile on PostMarketOS on my PinePhone. Been thinking about writing an application. I was just wondering if there is a way to programmically figure out what device you are on, as the UI will need to work differently depending on if there is a mouse/keyboard, touch screen, or a remote.

Thanks!

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You want to check the chassis type reported by hostnamed. Example:

$ gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.hostname1 --object-path /org/freedesktop/hostname1 --method org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get org.freedesktop.hostname1 Chassis
(<'desktop'>,)
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