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buksida
August 19th, 2003, 10:08 PM
I have recently started playing around with Linux, it came free with a PC I built for a friend. How do I find out what version it is (Mandrake/SuSE/Slackware) ?

All the info I have so far is here:
kernel 2.4.18
GNOME 2.2
KDE 3.1
Pladao Office

It may well be a generic Thai version.

+Daemon+
August 19th, 2003, 11:29 PM
should say if it boots up...


like for redhat it wil lsay redhat

and have somthing like


SSH Server Enabled [OK]
Apache HTTPD Server [OK]


etc...

you know if its slackware cause its harder to use and it doesnt have all the propaganda like mandrake and redhat

when you load Xwindows (gnome, kde) if its redhat it will have a little guy with a red hat, etc...

do you have a copy of the cd?

buksida
August 20th, 2003, 12:24 AM
When it boots into the GUI I get a splash screen from the the vendor (some computer company in Thailand).

can't see much propaganda on there (the little penguin appears where the redhat should be)

In the KDE control center it has this:

KDE version : 3.1-7 Red Hat
User : me
hostname : localhost.localdomain
System : Linux
Release : 2.4.18-20x.10
Machine : i686

Be prepared for more questions :D

+Daemon+
August 20th, 2003, 09:29 AM
yup it says redhat.. looks like the company is usnig redhat but just changed somethings...other than that its redhat and the kernel is 2.4.18 which is redhat 8

redhat 9 uses the 2.4.20 kernel

buksida
August 21st, 2003, 09:13 PM
Thanx. Still new to the world of linux ... but i like it :D

I'll be back .........