Easy way to tell what linux distribution is installed

[shaughto at ee.ucr.edu]

Thanks for the info.... In gentoo it is "cat /proc/version".
I guess it will vary a bit for each distribution.

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Steven

> Steven wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> Ok, I know this is a stupid question, but how can you tell what linux
>> distribution is install on a computer?
>>
>> Say for example I ssh into a server and I want to type a command to
>> display the linux distribution installed.
>> What would be that command?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Steven
> cat /etc/proc/version
>
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> Michael S. Dunsavage
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