[How To] Get Ubuntu version and system information

Get system information from graphical interface

1. Go to Ubuntu main menu –> Applications –> System Tools -> System Settings find and open System Info[singlepic id=117 w=500 mode=watermark]

Get system information from command line (CLI)

Open terminal and type:

1. Get Ubuntu version number without codename

   cat /etc/issue.net

   or

   cat /etc/issue

   Output will be like:

   Ubuntu 11.10

2. Get complete information about version of Ubuntu you run at your computer including codename and release number.

   lsb_release -a

   Output will be like:

   Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
   Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
   Release:	11.10
   Codename:	oneiric

   or

   cat /etc/lsb-release

   Output will be like:

   DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
   DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
   DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
   DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"

3. You can use uname commandto get Linux kernel version

   uname -a
   Linux Tect-Computer-VM 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 17:23:00 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux