How to find out the version of Ubuntu installed September 19, 2005
Posted by Carthik in commands, ubuntu.trackback
Use the command:
$cat /etc/issue
The file /etc/issue holds the version of Ubuntu installed on your system — Useful command for those who forget (if such a thing is possible), and for those who help or support others, and want to find out what version is installed.
That’s all for now!
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Check this one out:
$ lsb_release -a
Excellent, thank you.
How to check that the installed ubuntu is a 32 bit or 64 bit one?
check the “about”-box in firefox…
less /etc/lsb-release
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Ravi: uname -a
if it’s 64 you’ll see the number like “x86_64″ in the string
if I sue upgrade manager to upgrade from 8.10 64bit to 9.04 – will it pick up the 64bit version? The process does not ask which version wil it upgrade and I would lIke to stay with the 64bit .
Thank you for you help
8.04 works great. very stable even in WUBI
9.04 works great.
9.10 does not support internal floppy, and cd dvd will become unusable over time. Do not recommend this version at all.
both 9.04 and 8.04 lts work a lot better.
8.10 not so good on java.
better to stick with 8.04 as rumor has it 10.04 has the same weakness on hardware as 9.10.
8.04 LTS is excellent. 9.04 excellent. 9.10 poor 8.10 weak