any quick way to know what version of kubuntu one is running

[fleamailman]

many grades of kubuntu, I think I am still on feisty but it could be gutsy, two questions then, is there a way to quickly know what grade one is running, and would it but a bad idea in future to have the grades marked somewhere on startup or post. thanks

[arochester]

Re: any quick way to know what version of kubuntu one is running

Open Konsole (Terminal Program) and input:

cat /etc/issue

(From http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubunt...u-are-running/)

[Rog131]

Re: any quick way to know what version of kubuntu one is running

In the konsole:

:~$ uname -a
Linux Ammu2500L 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

and

:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:  Ubuntu 7.10
Release:    7.10
Codename:    gutsy

KDE version:
Start KDE program (kate) > Help > About KDE ...


man uname:

UNAME(1) User Commands UNAME(1)

NAME
uname - print system information

SYNOPSIS
uname [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.

-a, --all
print all information, in the following order, except omit -p
and -i if unknown:

-s, --kernel-name
print the kernel name

-n, --nodename
print the network node hostname

-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release
...

man lsb_release:

lsb_release(1) lsb_release(1)

NAME
lsb_release - print distribution-specific information

SYNOPSIS
lsb_release [options]

DESCRIPTION
The lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and
distribution-specific information.

If no options are given, the -v option is assumed.

OPTIONS
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (‘--’). A summary of options are
included below...

[lingenfr]

Re: any quick way to know what version of kubuntu one is running

...would it but a bad idea in future to have the grades marked somewhere on startup or post. thanks

No, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pull the fields from Rog's post and put them into the boot line descriptions in grub's menu.lst (/boot/grub/menu.lst). I have thought the same thing. I usually edit that file by hand to make it a bit more user friendly. However, I am the only user on my machines and I have never wondered which version I am using.

[fleamailman]

Re: any quick way to know what version of kubuntu one is running

thanks, I guess it matters only when one is upgrading a grade or two, then it is good to know if one has arrived or not I had edgy to begin with and hope I am at gutsy now