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Old 01-25-2012
need to know the version of Linux
Hi


I have run the command
Code:
 uname -a

and i got the below output

Code:
 Linux vm07 2.6.9-77.Emp #1 SMP Wed Nov 7 13:58:04 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


i want know the version of Linux can i get it from above output


if yes then what is it?

is it 2.6.9-77.Emp?
# 2  
Old 01-25-2012
Code:
root@bt> uname -r
2.6.38

Version of Linux is basically the kernel release!

--ahamed
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Old 01-26-2012
What are you looking for? The version of the Linux kernel that you are using? Or the (release) version of the Linux distribution that you are on? They are not the same thing.
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