How do I tell which version of Ubuntu I am running

Man-wai CHANG mwchang
Fri Oct 6 22:02:20 PDT 2006


> How do I tell what version of Ubuntu I am running?
> If I run cat /etc/debian_version I get ==> testing/unstable
> What is the definitive way of knowing what version of Ubuntu you are
> running?

My naive way: look into /etc/apt/sources.list. All repositories have the
code name of the Ubuntu you are using.

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