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Revision: 5785
at April 5, 2008 20:14 by cczona
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# version
lsb-release -v

# distro
lsb-release -i

# nick
lsb-release -c

# those and more
lsb-release -a

Revision: 5784
at April 3, 2008 21:14 by cczona
Initial Code 
cat /proc/version
Initial URL 
http://man-wiki.net/index.php/1:lsb_release
Initial Description 
(EDITED: Originally I had this snip using 'cat /proc/version'.  But have since replaced it with a more reliable  -- and specific -- method)

If you need still more info (or are on a BSD), see 'uname', 'dpkg-architecture'
Initial Title 
Which version of Linux is this?
Initial Tags 
linux
Initial Language 
Bash