How can i know which linux distribution I am working on?

phpsharma · 10-09-2004, 12:58 PM

Hi all,

How can i Know which Linux distribution i am working on from command prompt or ssh?

I am new to linux.

Thanks,
sharma

jjjjjavi · 10-09-2004, 01:48 PM

One option could be "uname -a". It shows system information, and in some distributions, it shows the name and version.

masand · 10-09-2004, 01:50 PM

hi there

since u do not know what distro ur using and u r doing that through ur terminal
i think

uname -a

will help u

regards

phpsharma · 10-09-2004, 02:33 PM

thank you for info..

i ran this and its showing this..

Linux stories.stories.com 2.2.19-6.2.1ensim.smp-3.2.0-25 #1 SMP Tue May 13 20:28:52 PDT 2003 i686 unknown

what is distribution in this message. I am thinking that its missed here

Thank,
sharma

masand · 10-09-2004, 03:41 PM

hi there

this is a wild guess but this kernel spec looks to me of redhat 6.2
meanwhile i will look out for more specific answers

regard

Bruce Hill · 10-09-2004, 10:50 PM

Look in the /etc directory and see if you have
something like this:

mingdao@james:~$ cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 10.0.0

darthtux · 10-09-2004, 10:57 PM

To expand on what Chinaman said:

ls /etc/*version*
ls /etc/*release*

Then run the cat command on the file you found.

phpsharma · 10-10-2004, 10:33 AM

Thank you all for your great support .

sharma