Determining linux distribution

[dan sinclair]

You could try something like 

cat /etc/*-release

Redhat, SuSe and Gentoo at least seem to stick a release file
in /etc....

dan


On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 18:36 -0500, Brad Fonseca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a command that will tell me what distribution is being used?  I have 
> a friend who was given a refurbished laptop with some distribution of linux 
> on it.  It's a very old machine but it runs this distro without difficulty.  
> I'm very curious what is being used but I'm unable to ask the installer 
> himself as he's unavailable.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brad Fonseca

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