get-linux-flavor-version.md

Get Linux flavor and version

Almost all Linux systems

• issue.net

cat /etc/issue.net

• os-release

cat /etc/os-release

Debian derivatives (Debian, Ubuntu & Kali)

• Older versions support:

lsb_release -a

• Newer versions with hostnamectl:

hostnamectl | grep 'Kernel'

Red Hat based systems (Red Hat, Fedora & CentOS)

• Most derivatives

cat /etc/system-release

• Red Hat

cat /etc/redhat-release

• Fedora

cat /etc/fedora-release

• CentOS

cat /etc/centos-release

• Newer versions with hostnamectl:

hostnamectl | grep 'Kernel'