How can you find out what distro you have?

KiwiPingu · 07-23-2004, 07:59 AM

Hello World

I am running fedora 2. I think it is the latest version. My friend installed it for me and I no nufinck.

Can someone tell me how I can find out exactly what version I am running. Then I will be able to tell you all what distribution I have when I ask all the other questions Ive got.

jax8 · 07-23-2004, 08:18 AM

you already know what distribution you have,"Fedora Core 2".

I think what you want to know is what kernel you are running. The kernel is the Core Operating system.

to find out which kernel run

rpm -q --qf "%{version}-%{release} %{arch}\n" kernel |grep `uname -r`

in a terminal (the place where you can run commands). It will output something like.

2.4.22-1.2188.nptl athlon

2.4.22-1.2188.nptl -------> this is my kernel version
athlon --------> this is my arcitecture, ie I have an AMD athlon processor

KiwiPingu · 07-23-2004, 08:21 AM

Thank you.

ill try that

lokee · 07-23-2004, 08:22 AM

There's a way that works on all system:

For complete list of informations on you system, type this in a terminal:

Code:

uname -a

Get complete info about the program with:

Code:

man uname

I hope this helps

KiwiPingu · 07-23-2004, 08:32 AM

That worked a treat and thought me some other things.