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How to check the version of a Linux OS
Posted By Scott Klarr on Feb 19, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Console Command:
uname -a is a linux command that will output useful information about your linux distribution, kernel version, cpu information and more.
Example Output
Linux computerName 2.6.22.18-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 13:53:50 EST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz GNU/Linux
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prasanna - Aug 24, 2008
Dear sir,
i want to know how to check linux version . normally in windows we just check windows explore then help then status .i lnstalled fedora 8 or 9 i want to know how to check
alMubarmih - Jul 12, 2008
But the real command can give you the truth is:
cat /proc/version