To learn your ubuntu version/ release there are two ways that i know. first sudo cat /etc/lsb-release second sudo cat /etc/issue Related posts User groups and Users in Ubuntu (0) Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, released‎ (0) Server optimizations 2 (0) install php apache mysql phpmyadmin (3) How to learn your linux release (3)

To learn your linux and kernel version ( release ) you can use /proc/version Type it in console: cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.18-92.el5 (brewbuilder@ls20-bc2-13.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-41)) #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:15 EDT 2008 In this output, you get to see the following information: Exact version of the Linux kernel … Read more →