How to check linux distribution and version number
on May 11th, 2012 at 3:39 pmTo see what distribution and version you are running, open a command line window and type:
cat /etc/*-release
Here is a OpenSUSE response:
LSB_VERSION=”core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64″
NAME=openSUSE
VERSION = 12.1 (Asparagus)
VERSION_ID=”12.1″
PRETTY_NAME=”openSUSE 12.1 (Asparagus) (x86_64)”
ID=opensuse
openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64)
VERSION = 12.1
CODENAME = Asparagus
