Comments on: How to Tell What Version of Ubuntu You Are Running

By: jeevan

jeevan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:39:56 +0000

command for to know the version of the ubuntu now i am working

MeduZa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:24:30 +0000

I use: lsb_release in this way:

$ lsb_release -d -s -c

uname tell you the kernel vercion only not the distribution information

Vulcan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:06:03 +0000

$ uname
Linux
$_

The Geek — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:18:24 +0000

uname really just prints information about the kernel version… and while much more useful, is not the same as the version of the OS.

For instance, uname -a on my dev server:

Linux superfast 2.6.17-10-server #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:29:32 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

No mention of Ubuntu in there.

Jaymes — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:57:20 +0000

uname ?

The Geek — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:31:45 +0000

You are correct, lsb-release is a better option for ubuntu, but in my experience /etc/issue works across most linux varieties.

It's me — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:01:54 +0000

I agree w/ John — you don’t really know what “issue” is used for, do you?

I suggest you RTFM by: “man issue motd”

The more paranoid you get, the less hints you give to non-authenticated users, y’know?

John Kraft — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:05:43 +0000

I think that the file /etc/lsb-release should be more reliable