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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Different ways to get OS version Post 302556476 by pludi on Sunday 18th of September 2011 05:47:54 PM
Old 09-18-2011
Mainly the amount of information they give you, and the availability.
uname is defined by the POSIX standard and is available on every Unix and Unix-like OS, and gives you information on the OS type, version, and architecture.
/proc/version, as part of the proc pseudo-fs is only available on Linux, and gives you some more detailed information about the kernel, and where and when it was built.

/etc/redhat-release is Red Hat (and derivates) specific, probably not available on any other distribution, and tells you the brand and version of the Linux distribution (not the OS) you're running.
 

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ksc - Linux kernel module source checker SYNOPSIS
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