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title: Which Linux is this? link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/which-linux-is-this/ author: phil2nc description: post_id: 7484 created: 2014/05/01 08:39:37 created_gmt: 2014/05/01 12:39:37 comment_status: closed post_name: which-linux-is-this status: publish post_type: post

Which Linux is this?

Linux is available in a dizzying array of distributions, each with their own versioning scheme. Most allow you to use the lsb_release tool to accurately identify the publisher and release version. This is what the output of lsb_release looks like on Fedora 19: [code language="bash" gutter="false"] [root@test1 ~]# lsb_release -ir Distributor ID: Fedora Release: 19 [/code] Here's what you'd see on Red Hat Enterprise 6.5: [code language="bash" gutter="false"] [root@test2 ~]$ lsb_release -ir Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer Release: 6.5 [/code] See the man page for more.