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Finding Ubuntu Version – Reader Questions

Nov 30, 2009 by Roger Wheatley

George one of our readers emailed to ask:

“… your solution said it was for Ubuntu 8.04, how do I find out what version I’m running?…”

There’s a simple, quick way to see what version of Ubuntu Linux you are running. Open a terminal and enter the command:

lsb_release -a

If you’re using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy), your output will look something like below:

roger@ubuntubox:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:   Ubuntu
Description:   Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
Release:   8.04
Codename:   hardy
roger@ubuntubox:~$

For reference, I might add that there are a couple other useful, informational commands you can use. Namely, to find out if you are using 64Bit or 32Bit:

uname -m

And to see your kernel version:

uname -r