Find out what OS you are using

[Chronictank]

This is probably a really stupid question, but how do i find out what OS is running without having to restart it?
I know finding the kernel is uname -r, and it gives me back 2.4.31

But how do i know what flavour it is running, i suspect it is Debian but is there any way to confirm it from a ssh session

Thanks in advance

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Most Linux distributions maintain release information file in the /etc directory.

Debian will have something like /etc/debian_release or /etc/debian_version

 

[Chronictank]

thanks, found it ^^

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I'm curious. Which was it?

 

[Chronictank]

/etc/slackware-version

i was way off ^^

Thanks again

 

[.walls]

If you're not using a custom kernel

uname -a

will usually tell you.