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How do I tell which version of Linux I have

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 21:41

I have a dedicated server but software seems quite outdated now (Fedora something) yum and apt-get fail and think its time to upgrade or change my repos but not sure what version of linux I have on it.

I'd like to be able to just update what I not sure how to set up repos

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get linux verison info

Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 21:51.

Try from shell should spit out some good info
cat /etc/*release
about the same for me
cat /etc/issue
Kernal only but for on a Fedora Core 3 machine I had it spit out an FC3 on the end
uname -r 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3

(Check with your hosting provider they should know and perhaps say you're considering changing hosts if they don't upgrade for you)

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