1) I've no idea 2) apt-cache policy package_name  will show you the version of a package installed.  Maybe you want to look at the changelog of the package that holds your drivers? 3) yes, approximately.  But, sometimes there are errors with dependencies.  I think ideally, its yes. Dan <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Brian DeLacey <<a href="mailto:bdelacey@gmail.com">bdelacey@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> What's the best way to track and view version numbers of the Ubuntu releases installed on your machine? In particular, I'm wondering: <ul><li>how to display release numbers that will differentiate between daily Jaunty builds?</li> <li>how to display the version of subsystems / tarballs in the distro? (I'm particularly interested in wireless drivers, e.g. <a href="http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Archiveofcompat-wireless-2.6tarballs" target="_blank">compat-wireless-2.6 tarball</a>)?</li> <li>does running update manager on an installed Jaunty build has (aproximately) the same result as installing the new daily Jaunty build available that day?</li></ul> Thanks for any suggestions,    Brian -- Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a> </blockquote></div> -- In science and in mind, the impossible and the hasn't-happened-yet are indistinguishable.