How To Find Which Version Of Ubuntu I Have ?

Roshan Karki Anonymous
Q. How to find out which version of Ubuntu I am running ?

A. Open terminal and type:
lsb_release -cs
You'll see output like karmic, lucid. I got lucid that means I'm running Lucid Lynx.

You can also use the following command which works on most of the Linux distros.
user@user-desktop:~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu lucid (development branch) \n \l

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 12, 2010 at 8:43 PM

    wouldn't lsb_release -a be better?

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousApril 13, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    @Anonymous,

    Yes it would if you want to find it in detail.

    ReplyDelete

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