How do I know which distro I am running on?

[David A. Bandel]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:34:43 -0500
Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:

> Feigning erudition, Susan Macchia wrote:
> % Hi all,
> % 
> % Does anyone know how I can find out which distro I am running on?  I
> can use% uname to find the kernel and basic OS (i686-Linux vs.
> ia64-Linux, for example),% but I need to know more than that because
> the same combinations can be found on% a variety of distros.
> 
> Besides /etc/issue and friends, RPM-based distributions often install
> a package that indicates what version of the distro is installed.
> Slackware uses /etc/slackware-version:
> 
> $ cat /etc/slackware-version 
> Slackware 8.1
> $ 
> 
> I've no idea what Debian and its derivatives use.

# cat /etc/debian_version
testing/unstable

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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