HOW TO CHECK DISTRO VERSION

uname -a 

cat /etc/lsb-release  

Cat /etc/*-release 

cat /etc/issue.net; uname -ar 

cat /etc/lsb-release  

Example returned:  

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu 

DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 

DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick 

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10" 

uname -ar  

Example returned: 

36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 22:19:09 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux