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26th October 2007, 02:48 AM
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Finding current distribution
How can I find out which distribution I am currently running?
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26th October 2007, 03:03 AM
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how could you possibly not know.
what kind of package management system do you have, take a look at uname -a the kernel might give you a clue if it is specially compiled for your distro. is their any artwork to give you a clue?
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26th October 2007, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Nickisgod1
how could you possibly not know.
what kind of package management system do you have, take a look at uname -a the kernel might give you a clue if it is specially compiled for your distro. is their any artwork to give you a clue?
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I know that I originally installed FC5 but I read how to update the software, including the operating system. I did not know if that update meant that it would merely update FC5 or if it would move me from 5 to 6, etc. So, I wanted to check after the update what distribution I was currently running. I did also find on Google the /etc/release file after I posted the question but I also wanted to know if there was a way in the GUI.
Now, let me say that from what I have read this whole Linux project was founded on the premise of sharing knowledge and encouraging others to join in. In fact, here is a quote from the fedoraproject.org homepage, "Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join." Hmmm... doesn't feel that way to me.
So to get an answer like "how could you possibly not know" shows me that the original vision of Linus Torvalds may have been lost. I am not basing my thoughts on just this one reply, I have read plenty of scathing remarks about questions that have been posted. May I remind you folks that forums exist for those of us who don't know? The whole point is to share and exchange information so why not welcome all questions no matter how basic? What is the point in demeaning sarcastic remarks?
In the mid 80's I began writing code in Pascal, C and Basic Assembler for PCs and the IBM 370. Since then much has changed but I am still writing code for a living but for a different kind of computer. So, suffice it to say that I am not technologically challenged and I know my my around MS-DOS and Windows and yet I never felt the need in all the countless hours I spent teaching and tutoring folks to ask someone something like, "how could you possibly not know?"
As I have said in a couple of my other posts, I am evaluating Linux because I have always been unimpressed by Windows and I am looking for an alternative other than a Mac but I am finding that the elitist, exclusivity that I has so often been associated with the UNIX community has unfortuantely permeated the Linux community as well. Is that what ya'll want? I sure hope not.
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26th October 2007, 03:03 AM
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In a terminal: uname -a
Dang! Nick ... you're fast! <..  ..>
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27th October 2007, 01:02 AM
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Dan,
Your labeling me as thin-skinned and Seve's support of Nick's response only supports my suspicions of this forum. I have had much training in conflict resolution and I can say from all of my past experiences that if I offend someone and they bring it to my attention, telling them that their feelings are unjustified, ie: telling them that they are thin-skinned, is completley unproductive. We may not agree with how someone feels but feelings are not right or wrong, they just are... what we do about them is a completely different matter. Our response, our actions are really about the only thing in this world we have complete control over.
Ultimately, I did find the information I was looking for in the responses but I reamin steadfast in my cautions to ya'll that us newbies are hesitant to ask questions in the first place so a little extra grace would be helpful. One only need look at the number of posts I have made here and/or read them and I am very open that I am new to Linux (but not new to computers).
GB
ps. People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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26th October 2007, 03:12 AM
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uname -a alone wont tell him though mine right now just says
Linux NickLaptop 2.6.22-2-k7 #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 01:02:37 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
doesnt give a clue about the distro though
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26th October 2007, 03:16 AM
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wait how do you not know what distrbution you have. don't you have fedora running on your computer or something else go to system monitor an click on system tab an it will show you the name of the distro you curently using
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26th October 2007, 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by $Linux
wait how do you not know what distrbution you have. don't you have fedora running on your computer or something else go to system monitor an click on system tab an it will show you the name of the distro you curently using
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That only works in F7 and up.
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26th October 2007, 03:18 AM
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Hmmm.
Ok,
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Linux Tangled-Web.ZYLOO.net 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 #1 SMP Fri Nov 10 12:45:28 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
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My mistake. I'm on the main box tonight.
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26th October 2007, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by TangledWeb
Hmmm.
Ok,
My mistake. I'm on the main box tonight.
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If you compiled your own kernel it would have no identifying marks. 
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26th October 2007, 03:20 AM
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google says a good way would be to look for one a these files
Novell SuSE
/etc/SuSE-release
Red Hat
/etc/redhat-release, /etc/redhat_version
Fedora
/etc/fedora-release
Slackware
/etc/slackware-release, /etc/slackware-version
Debian
/etc/debian_release, /etc/debian_version,
Mandrake
/etc/mandrake-release
Yellow dog
/etc/yellowdog-release
Sun JDS
/etc/sun-release
Solaris/Sparc
/etc/release
Gentoo
/etc/gentoo-release
you get the idea Im sure its similar for other distros
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26th October 2007, 03:26 AM
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Aw, now that's just WAY too easy!
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26th October 2007, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by TangledWeb
Aw, now that's just WAY too easy!
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I agree.
Nick, isn't there some really long, really complicated command he could run instead?
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26th October 2007, 04:24 AM
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well i guess he could
$ls /etc/* > temp; cat temp | grep release> temp2 ;cat temp | grep version >> temp2;(sed -e 's,/etc/,,g' temp2)>temp3;cat temp3;yes|rm temp;yes|rm temp2; yes|rm temp3
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26th October 2007, 04:29 AM
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Ayup! That's the critter!
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