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How to Know Which Linux Version You Are Running

Quick tip on using the uname command to check your Linux kernel version and system information.

3 April 2011 · 1 min read

The simplest command to check your Linux version is uname.

It has various options you can use. For example, to display all available system information:

uname -a

To see all available parameters:

uname --help

For more details, see the uname article on Wikipedia.

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