How to determine your Linux distribution
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- Category: Platform Related Remarks
- Last Updated: 11 April 2018
- Published: 11 April 2018
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Get the current kernel information by typing:
~$ uname -a
Get the current distribution release information by looking into the following files:
example on any system:
~$ less /etc/*release
System-specific:
Novell SuSE
/etc/SuSE-release
Red Hat
/etc/redhat-release, /etc/redhat_version
Fedora
/etc/fedora-release
Slackware
/etc/slackware-release, /etc/slackware-version
Debian
/etc/debian_release, /etc/debian_version,
Mandrake
/etc/mandrake-release
Yellow dog
/etc/yellowdog-release
Sun JDS
/etc/sun-release
Solaris/Sparc
/etc/release
Gentoo
/etc/gentoo-release