HowTo: Find Out My Linux Distribution Name and Version
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1 (squeeze) Release: 6.0.1 Codename: squeeze $ cat /proc/version Linux version 3.5.0-6-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.7.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.1-5ubuntu1) ) #6-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 23 19:52:14 UTC 2012