Linux viewing version information for a system

In Linux, there are several ways to view the system's version information.

uname command

uname-a Linux huey-k42je 3.5.0-43-generic #66 ~precise1-ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 14:55:08 UTC i686 i686 i386 gnu/linux

Lsb_release command

lsb_release-a No LSB modules is available. Distributor ID:UbuntuDescription:Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ltsrelease:12.04codename:precise

View/proc/version File

cat/proc/version Linux version 3.5.0-43-generic ([email protected]) (GCC version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)) #66 ~precise1-ubunt U SMP Thu Oct 14:55:08 UTC 2013

View/etc/issue File

cat/etc/issue Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS \ \l

Linux viewing version information for a system