How do I know which release I have?

[David A' Rebel]

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:04, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> How do I find out what release I have?  The About Ubuntu sends me to a
> website.
>

Easiest way is to ctrl-alt-F1 the top line in the tty tells you. ctrl-alt-F7 
gets you back to the gui.


> I use Snaptic Package Manager to get upgrades every month. Can it (or
> does it) also get the latest version of Ubuntu?

 Yes it can but no it doesn't unless you tell it to and point the repositories 
to the new version.


>
> Finally, does loading a new version kill everything I already have setup
> on my computer? Like home directory, samba, networking, email archives,
> etc?

 If you do a fresh install yes, if you upgrade to the new version no.


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