How to check version and codename on Linux Distro?
February 13th, 2008 | by RoarinPenguin |Simple way is by checking contents of file /etc/lsb-release, showing something like:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
Some Linux Distros have also command lsb-release to provide such info…
