Weird Question (Sorry, a bit long)

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On 3/14/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:44:28 -0600
> Liam Marshall <lsrpm at mts.net> wrote:
>
> > How do I tell what version of Ubuntu I am running?
>
> Type
>
> lsb_release -a
>
> in a terminal
>  $ lsb_release -a
> LSB Version:    n/a
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu (The Breezy Badger Release)
> Release:        5.10
> Codename:       breezy
>
> As an example of the kind of output. You can also do
>
> $ cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" \n \l
>
> >
> > I had several versions of Ubuntu downloaded and burnt to cds
>
> The above should work on live CDs as well, i would assume ( never tried
> it ) If you open your CDs in a file manager you can find the release on
> the CD itself as well. or do for instance (after mounting the install CD
> on /media/cdrom0 )
>
> $ ls  /media/cdrom0/dists/
> hoary  stable  unstable
>
> which clearly is 5.04 (hoary)
>
> [ warty = 4.10  October 2004, breezy = 5.10
> October 2005 and of course 5.04 is April 2005]
>
> Hope that helps! Haven't had time to delve into your other questions ;-)
>
> Peter

also uname -a will give you a pretty good idea as well. (well I'll
tell you what kernel you're using at least)


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