How do I find out my motherboard model?

This will directly show you motherboard info:

sudo dmidecode -t 2

or

sudo dmidecode | more

You can also try:

lspci

There's also some great graphical tools that show you not just your motherboard info, but all info about your computer.

  1. Hardinfo

    Search for the hardinfo package in the Software Center or run sudo apt-get install hardinfo from the command line. The motherboard make and model can be found on the Devices > DMI page.

    Hardinfo image

  2. CPU-G - Linux alternative to the popular Windows application CPU-Z. Originally created by ftsamis, it has since been picked up by Atareao Team

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cpu-g

    CPU-G image

  3. lshw-gtk – Graphical frontend for lshw command

    lshw-gtk image

  4. PerlMon

    Perlmon image


Non-root user variant

I would like to suggest a variant for the unprivileged users, since it's not always possible to execute commands as root (some users simply cannot and however it is always a good practice to avoid running commands as root when it's not needed) and or there is no intention or possibility to install new programs:

cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_{vendor,name,version}

that it is a short version, shell expanded, of cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_vendor /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_version and gives as a spartan output respectively vendor, name and version: 

FUJITSU
D3062-A1
S26361-D3062-A1

Note:
Inside the path /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/ it's possible to find some files with information about BIOS, board (motherboard), chassis... not all are readable by an unprivileged user due to a security or privacy concerns.

Privileged user variant

Of course, e.g, a sudo cat board_serial (that usually is readable only by root, -r--------) or a sudo cat board_* can easily overcame this limit...

...but, maybe, if privileges are available it's more convenient to use dmidecode as suggested in other answers as well.

Below is the version I prefer, due to the compactness of its output: 

sudo dmidecode -t 1                   # or 
sudo dmidecode  | grep -A4 '^Base'    # output more short and compact

The previous command with -A3 will show only the first 3 lines and it is the short version for
sudo dmidecode | grep -A4 '^Base Board Information' that should be better to use if in a script.

Example output:

Base Board Information
    Manufacturer: FUJITSU
    Product Name: D3062-A1
    Version: S26361-D3062-A1            
    Serial Number: MySerialNumber(1)

(1) if it is protected for unprivileged users, then maybe it's better to avoid posting it :-)

Ps> The following works fine too sudo lshw | grep -A5 "Mot" (again "Mot" is the short for "Motherboard" and only "Mo" will not filter words as Model or Mobile...), but I find it a little lazier than dmidecode to answer with its output (lshw 0.906s vs dmidecode 0.024s).

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