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I run various projects in linux. You don’t have to have followed my blog too closely to know my favorite linux distro is Debian GNU/Linux, though I’m playing around with Kubuntu as well.

I have seen linux distro information displayed in various software packages I have installed. However I didn’t know how tell which Version of Linux is Running, on my own.

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Now that I have it figured out, I thought I would list a few.

  • To see the name and kernel from the command line, you need to type:
    test:~# uname -a
  • To see the name, style, and version from the command line, you need to type:
    test:~# cat /etc/issue
  • You can see both from the command line, by typing:
    test:~# uname -a && cat /etc/issue

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