Heya,

Stupid dumbass question here, which is bugging me, as it's really
slipped my mind...

I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
(greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).

Anyone know what I'm thinking of? (And I don't want to switch to
TTY[0-6]...

TIA,

A


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Adam McGreggor
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:05 PM
> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Remind me (pls)... Distro Version Discovery
>
> Heya,
>
> Stupid dumbass question here, which is bugging me, as it's really
> slipped my mind...
>
> I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
> version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
> (greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).
>
> Anyone know what I'm thinking of? (And I don't want to switch to
> TTY[0-6]...
>
> TIA,
>
> A
>
>
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Try:

Cat /etc/issue

Worked for me came back with:

Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS
1

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Adam McGreggor wrote:
> I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
> version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
> (greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).

cat /etc/issue


Nils

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:33:14 +0100
Nils Kassube <kassube@gmx.net> wrote:

> Adam McGreggor wrote:
> > I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
> > version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
> > (greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).
>
> cat /etc/issue

Or:

lsb_release -a

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hi,
On Fr, 2007-11-30 at 19:04 +0000, Adam McGreggor wrote:
> Heya,
>
> Stupid dumbass question here, which is bugging me, as it's really
> slipped my mind...
>
> I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
> version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
> (greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).
>
> Anyone know what I'm thinking of? (And I don't want to switch to
> TTY[0-6]...
System->About Ubuntu

ciao
oli
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 07:25:13AM +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:33:14 +0100
> Nils Kassube <kassube@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > Adam McGreggor wrote:
> > > I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
> > > version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
> > > (greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).
> >
> > cat /etc/issue

I wanted an app, I knew about /etc/$distro_file

> Or:
>
> lsb_release -a

That's the one, cheers!

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On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 11:22:51PM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> On Fr, 2007-11-30 at 19:04 +0000, Adam McGreggor wrote:
> > Heya,
> >
> > Stupid dumbass question here, which is bugging me, as it's really
> > slipped my mind...
> >
> > I'm after the app which tells me which *distro* I'm using, and the
> > version; it's not uname(1), and I've seen it posted before, here
> > (greping 450MB of list-archive just ain't gonna happen).
> >
> > Anyone know what I'm thinking of? (And I don't want to switch to
> > TTY[0-6]...
> System->About Ubuntu

<sarcasm>
so, erm, where do i type that?
</sarcasm>

(I'm not a fan of GUIs, per se, and that instruction seems to only apply
to Ubuntu, [and whilst this is u-users] I mainly use KDE. Don't like
Gnome. -- i posted here, as i knew someone on this list had
previously answered)

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hi,
On Sa, 2007-12-01 at 13:34 +0000, Adam McGreggor wrote:
> > > Anyone know what I'm thinking of? (And I don't want to switch to
> > > TTY[0-6]...
> > System->About Ubuntu
>
> <sarcasm>
> so, erm, where do i type that?
> </sarcasm>
well, you said you didnt want to switch to console (for me that also
included X terminals) i'm sure there is also a "about kubuntu" button in
the kubuntu menu that prominently shows you the actually installed
version in a full gui way

ciao
oli
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