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05-10-2006, 09:44 AM
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Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Exit 8A, New Jersey
Distribution: Fedora Core 4
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Which distro do I have?
Hi, all,
I'm logged onto someone else's Linux box, and I'd like to know which distribution is on it. uname -a doesn't help. How can I find out the distro?
Thanks,
- NF
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05-10-2006, 09:55 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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there are very few formal ways... see what the contents of /etc/issue say, or see if there is a file called /etc/DISTRONAME-release
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05-10-2006, 10:12 AM
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Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Exit 8A, New Jersey
Distribution: Fedora Core 4
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/etc/issue had the answer (SuSE 9.2). Thanks!
- NF
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