Below, all we need to do in order to know what GNU/Linux distribution we have installed on our computer:
In Debian:
cat /etc/debian_version 5.0.1 |
In RedHat:
cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla) |
In Ubuntu:
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid |
In Suse:
cat /etc/SuSE-release openSUSE 11.2 (X86-64) VERSION = 11.2 |
In Solaris:
uname -a SunOS 5.6 |
Table of equivalences:
SUN OS Version Is Solaris Version
SunOS 5.4 Solaris 2.4
SunOS 5.5 Solaris 2.5
SunOS 5.5.1 Solaris 2.5.1
SunOS 5.6 Solaris 2.6
SunOS 5.7 Solaris 7
SunOS 5.8 Solaris 8
SunOS 5.9 Solaris 9
SunOS 5.10 Solaris 10
Other options:
cat /etc/*release |
cat /etc/issue |
Fernando | 
Sunday, 6th of June 2010 | Category: 