Which Linux distro did I use

HornyWolf · 03-23-2009, 03:37 AM

Hello,

Last year I installed a Linux distro (without a GUI) on a machine and made a FTP-server of it. Now I have forgotten which distribution I have used.

Is there a /waycommand to see which I have used.

Greetzzzzzz........

repo · 03-23-2009, 03:38 AM

lsb_release -a

syg00 · 03-23-2009, 03:42 AM

Not well supported yet - but worth a try.
Also "uname -a" will probably give some hint(s); there should be something in etc, but varies by distro.

reptiler · 03-23-2009, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by repo

lsb_release -a

Just checked this on Fedora 10 and it doesn't give any clue about what I'm using.

uname -a has at least, hidden in a lot of other text, this: fc10
But the complete line looks like this
Linux raven.home.lan 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 23 13:00:23 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
so it could be missed if you don't know what you're looking for.

I'd suggest this one:

Code:

ls /etc | egrep "release|version"

Works on Red Hat-systems (including Fedora and CentOS), Debian, Slackware and partially on Ubuntu (which identifies as Debian). Maybe also others, but these are the ones I gave a quick test.

ps_sabu · 03-23-2009, 04:23 AM

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Just checked this on Fedora 10 and it doesn't give any clue about what I'm using.

That surprises me. My output

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[root@localhost sabu]# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
Release: 10
Codename: Cambridge

reptiler · 03-23-2009, 04:34 AM

Sorry, my bad. My mind must have blanked out the -a...

GlennsPref · 03-23-2009, 06:06 AM

One of these should do it...

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commands for knowing which linux is running

lsb_release -a
cat /etc/redhat-release
ls /etc | grep release

cat /etc/*release*
cat /etc/*version*

cat /etc/issue

HornyWolf · 03-25-2009, 10:00 AM

Thanks all!

ls /etc | egrep "release|version" said Suse release
cat /etc/*release* told me it was OpenSuse 10.0, VERSION 10.0

Greetzzzzzz..........