Determining linux distribution

Sun Apr 17 18:02:39 UTC 2005

On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 13:49 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote:
> Wouldn't 'uname -a' return the desired info ?

Barely.

[austin at localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.10-3.mm.17mdk #1 Sun Apr 3 22:37:03 CEST 2005 i686
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ unknown GNU/Linux

The suffix "mdk" on the kernel version indicates Mandrakelinux, but
that's a bit cryptic.  Most distros have a version tag in /etc.

[austin at localhost ~]$ cat /etc/mandrake-release
Mandrakelinux release 10.2 (Cooker) for i586

A bit more verbose I'd say...

Austin

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