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The command “uname -r” shows the version of the Linux kernel that you're currently using. You'll now see which Linux kernel you're using. In the above example, the Linux kernel is 5.4. 0-26.
Fedora is a popular open source Linux-based operating system. Fedora is designed as a secure, general purpose operating system. The operating system is developed on a six-month release cycle, under the auspices of the Fedora Project. Fedora is sponsored by Red Hat.
In Fedora Workstation, when the next stable release is available, a graphical notification will appear similar to the update notifications. Clicking this, or running the Software application and going to the Updates pane, will display a simple graphical interface for upgrading the system.
cat /etc/issue
Or cat /etc/fedora-release as suggested by @Bruce ONeel
You can also try /etc/redhat-release or /etc/fedora-release:
cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
The proposed standard file is /etc/os-release. See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
You can execute something like:
$ source /etc/os-release
$ echo $ID
fedora
$ echo $VERSION_ID
17
$ echo $VERSION
17 (Beefy Miracle)
The simplest command which can give you what you need but some other good info too is:
hostnamectl
You could try
lsb_release -a
which works on at least Debian and Ubuntu (and since it's LSB, it should surely be on most of the other mainstream distros at least). http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/sourceforge/l/ls/lsb/lsb_release-1.0-1.i386.html suggests it's been around quite a while.
cat /etc/*release
It's universal for almost any major distribution.
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