Fedora Linux Distribution Name and Version

There are many way find the Linux Distribution Name and Version, but my favorite to find CentOS/RedHat/Fedora distribution name and version is to read from /etc/redhat-release file. In CentOS 6.5, /etc/redhat-release file contain following contents: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.5 (Final To find out distribution name, use command: awk ‘{print $1}’ /etc/redhat-release And to…

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Release

Ubuntu released the second and final beta of Ubuntu 12.10 version, code name “Quantal Quetzal”, just two days before. It is a development release, the Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring an absolute latest and greatest software. From the release announcement “The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu…