View Ubuntu kernel version and release version number

Method One

Execute the following commands in the terminal:

Cat/etc/issue

You can view the version number of the Ubuntu that is currently running. The output is similar to the following:

[Email protected]:~$ cat/etc/16.04. 3 LTS \ \l

Method Two

Use the Lsb_release command to view the Ubuntu version number, as compared to method one, the content is more detailed .

Execute the following commands in the terminal:

sudo lsb_release-a

Output results:

[Email protected]:~$ sudo lsb_release- for : No LSB modules is available. Distributor id:ubuntudescription:    16.04. 3 ltsrelease:         16.04 codename:       xenial

View Ubuntu kernel version and release version number