How can I find out what distribution of Python I'm using?

Question

I'm not just looking for the version but specifically the distribution, i.e. whether it's Anaconda, Python(x,y), etc.

Answer 1

Open a terminal (or command line on Windows) and type python --version or python -V (capital "V" for the second one). For instance, on my Windows machine this returns:

Python 3.4.4 :: Anaconda 4.0.0 (64-bit)

Unless I'm in my Python 2.7 virtual env, in which case it returns:

Python 2.7.11 :: Anaconda 4.0.0 (64-bit)

which python tells you where the binary is located, but often does not give you much of an idea about which version it is (although if it's in an anaconda folder, you know it's anaconda, and that sort of thing).