Tutorial by Examples

Just execute lsb_release -a. On Debian: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (stretch) Release: testing Codename: stretch On Ubuntu: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubun...

Look at the contents of /etc/redhat-release cat /etc/redhat-release Here is the output from a Fedora 24 machine: Fedora release 24 (Twenty Four) As mentioned in the debian-based response, you can also use the lsb_release -a command, which outputs this from a Fedora 24 machine: LSB Version: ...

This method will work on modern versions of Arch, CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, Fedora, Mageia, openSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu, and others. This wide applicability makes it an ideal as a first approach, with fallback to other methods if you need to also identify o...

Uname is the short name for unix name. Just type uname in console to get information about your operating system. uname [OPTION] If no OPTION is specified, uname assumes the -s option. -a or --all - Prints all information, omitting -p and -i if the information is unknown. Example: > unam...

just execute uname -a. On Arch: $ uname -a Linux nokia 4.6.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 11 19:12:32 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linuxenter code here

Most of linux distros stores its version info in the /etc/lsb-release (debian) or /etc/redhat-release (RPM based) file. Using below generic command should get you past most of the Debian and RPM derivatives as Linux Mint and Cent-Os. Example on Ubuntu Machine: cat /etc/*release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu ...

So the GNU coreutils should be avaialable on all linux based systems (please correct me if I am wrong here). If you do not know what system you are using you may not be able to directly jump to one of the examples above, hence this may be your first port of call. `$ uname -a On my system this giv...