About GUI widgets.
-*- outline -*-
* uname -a
$ uname -a
Linux poly.tech-recipes.com 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux
kernel name: Linux
hostname: poly.tech-recipes.com
kernel release: 2.6.5-1.358
kernel version: #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004
* Linux
** osinfo command.
You can use the osinfo command to determine which distribution you use.
** Version files.
See for file `/etc/<distroname>-version' or `/etc/<distroname>-release'.
$ cat determine-os.sh
#!/bin/sh
[ -e /etc/SuSE-release ] && echo This is a SuSE system.
[ -e /etc/redhat-release ] && echo This is a redhat system.
[ -e /etc/fedora-release ] && echo This is a fedora system.
[ -e /etc/debian-version ] && echo This is a debian system.
[ -e /etc/slackware-version ] && echo This is a slackware system.
See also list:
Novell SuSE
/etc/SuSE-release
Red Hat
/etc/redhat-release, /etc/redhat_version
Fedora
/etc/fedora-release
Slackware
/etc/slackware-release, /etc/slackware-version
Debian
/etc/debian_release, /etc/debian_version,
Mandrake
/etc/mandrake-release
Yellow dog
/etc/yellowdog-release
Sun JDS
/etc/sun-release
Solaris/Sparc
/etc/release
Gentoo
/etc/gentoo-release
** Kernel version information.
Commonly, distributions will leave tags in the kernel version string to identify
themselves. This can be found in the log files like /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages.
$ cat /etc/issue
or
$ cat /proc/version
Even if you run a custom kernel, you might still get hints from the gcc version like this
one line from /var/log/syslog:
Feb 20 05:54:07 sarge kernel: nf3 (root@sarge) (gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease)
(Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1)) #1 PREEMPT Thu Nov 16 20:31:43 CET 2006