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[James Michael Fultz]

* Matt Harrison <matt.harrison82 at gmail.com> [2009-10-07 00:01 -0400]:
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:48 AM, John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > How can I find out which version I have on the computer, ubuntu version
> > 8.04 or 9.04, 32 or 64 bit?
> 
> Open a Terminal and type in the following, without the quotes
> 'cat /etc/issue'

It is really better to use 'lsb_release -r' since it is (becoming?)
standard, and accurately discovering the release number through
'/etc/issue' is incidental.  The system administrator may change
'/etc/issue' arbitrarily as is the case with '/etc/motd' as well.