How do I find the version of linux I am running?

aaronruss · 05-24-2004, 07:54 PM

I have Fedora Core 1 installed or so I did I have done all my Red Hat Updates and was wanting to know if it updated me to fedora core 2 or do I have to do that my self?

Is there a command I can type to find the version of linux I am running? in windows I could check by typing winver what is the command in linux?

Dark_Helmet · 05-24-2004, 08:04 PM

uname -a

If you can't make sense of the output, then just do man uname and it will describe what the fields are.

darthtux · 05-24-2004, 08:07 PM

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

This will give you a file that contains the version.
cat file_that_ls_found

JoshFed · 05-24-2004, 08:10 PM

uname - a

from the command line returns the kernel version you are using and other useful information about you system.

smwai · 06-15-2009, 10:27 AM

You could try

Code:

lsb_release -d