What Version of Linux am I Running?
Submitted by Aaron Longwell on Tue, 2006-11-14 09:44.
I sometimes work on client's servers where the installed distribution and version of Linux are unknown at first. How do you find out which version of Linux is installed? Well, each distribution is different, so it may be necessary to try all of the following.
Determine the Installed Version of Redhat-based Systems
cat /etc/redhat-release
Determine the Installed Version of Debian
cat /etc/debian_version
Determine the Installed Version of Ubuntu
cat /etc/issue
or
cat /etc/lsb-release
Determine the Version of the Linux Kernel
uname -a
You can also use "uname -a"
You can also use "uname -a" which should work on all distributions.
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