What Version

This page has ways to figure out what version of Linux you are running.

if available, a great command is the 'lsb_release' command.  This command is part of the Linux Standard Base.

On Ubunutu this is what the command return,

bdolango@TestServer:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:    Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS

That tells you what Linux you are running and the version.  Great command, unfortunally most Linux's don't have something like that.

Note, didn't find that command on

    Debian 4.0 system

On Debian

Cat the /etc/debian_version

freeside:~# cat /etc/debian_version 
4.0