Re: Check the linux type?

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:24:59 +0200, abelenda wrote:


Here's one example.

uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #2 Wed Mar 28 20:03:32 MDT 2007 i686 VIA Nehemiah CentaurHauls GNU/Linux


With your kernel info we can assume you are running gentoo linux but

ONLY because that's how I happened to name the kernel. I could just as
well have named it 2.6.19-yourguessisasgoodasmine.

with mine :

uname -a
Linux Bookie 2.6.20.3-mactel-by-Aelia #8 SMP Thu Mar 29 21:24:49 CEST
2007 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2500 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

We can't see anything spécial (the mactel thing is a patch for macbook
support and -by-Aelia is a custom made append to the kernel version) so
there is no info about the distribution.

So if you compile your kernel you can put anything you want in the
kernel version it is just a line in the .config file or the Makefile.

Exactly.

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