Comments on: How To – Find Out Your Ubuntu Version Name http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/ Various Epiphanies of a Technical Mind Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Balopas http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-86476 Balopas Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:50:39 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-86476 volname?? In the command ... sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width ... the quotation marks have to be vertical so it works. Probably they have been converted again in typographic ones. I hope they appear well now (I’m using the HTML code for them: ampersand number sign 34 semicolon): sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width volname??

In the command …
sudo lshw | grep “description: CPU” -A 12 | grep width
… the quotation marks have to be vertical so it works.

Probably they have been converted again in typographic ones. I hope they appear well now (I’m using the HTML code for them: ampersand number sign 34 semicolon):
sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width

]]> By: Fsdfiuo9 http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-84663 Fsdfiuo9 Fri, 06 May 2011 10:38:57 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-84663 Another way to know if the installed Ubuntu is of 32 or 64 bits: getconf LONG_BIT Another way to know if the installed Ubuntu is of 32 or 64 bits:
getconf LONG_BIT

]]> By: Fsdfiuo9 http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-84661 Fsdfiuo9 Fri, 06 May 2011 09:44:19 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-84661 To know if the installed Ubuntu is of 32 or 64 bits: uname -m If it shows i686 or i386 it means 32 bits. If it shows x86_64 it means 64 bits. If the CPU is of 32 bits Ubuntu must be of 32 bits. If the CPU is of 64 bits it can work in 64 or 32 bits. So we can choose: Ubuntu can be of 32 bits or of 64 bits. To know if the CPU is of 32 or 64 bits: a) grep -w lm /proc/cpuinfo If we see lm in red is of 64 bits. Otherwise is of 32 bits. b) sudo lshw | grep “description: CPU” -A 12 | grep width It says clearly what we want to know. To know if the installed Ubuntu is of 32 or 64 bits:
uname -m
If it shows i686 or i386 it means 32 bits.
If it shows x86_64 it means 64 bits.

If the CPU is of 32 bits Ubuntu must be of 32 bits.
If the CPU is of 64 bits it can work in 64 or 32 bits. So we can choose: Ubuntu can be of 32 bits or of 64 bits.

To know if the CPU is of 32 or 64 bits:
a) grep -w lm /proc/cpuinfo
If we see lm in red is of 64 bits. Otherwise is of 32 bits.
b) sudo lshw | grep “description: CPU” -A 12 | grep width
It says clearly what we want to know.

]]> By: Free SMS Pakistan http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-83702 Free SMS Pakistan Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:30:46 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-83702 Works like a char, however I have natty beta 2 but it doesn't tell me that I have beta :/ Works like a char, however I have natty beta 2 but it doesn’t tell me that I have beta :/

]]> By: ana celones http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-82294 ana celones Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:51:03 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-82294 guys, i have a question. i wanted to install skype however, they are asking about authentication, and there is a need to put a password. Do you guys have any idea where i can find it? thanks :) guys, i have a question. i wanted to install skype however, they are asking about authentication, and there is a need to put a password. Do you guys have any idea where i can find it? thanks :)

]]> By: razvan http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-82136 razvan Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:48:26 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-82136 Main menu->System->About Ubuntu - is a solution only if you have graphical interface. I don't. uname -a does not gives you the Ubuntu version, only kernel version. So, I think the best solutions are: cat /etc/lsb-release lsb_release -a cat /etc/issue Main menu->System->About Ubuntu – is a solution only if you have graphical interface. I don’t.

uname -a does not gives you the Ubuntu version, only kernel version.

So, I think the best solutions are:
cat /etc/lsb-release
lsb_release -a
cat /etc/issue

]]> By: laringo http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-79229 laringo Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:14:07 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-79229 The default help page (in English of the USA I think) is: /usr/share/gnome/help/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml This one cannot be opened with firefox but yes with gedit (it's a template with variables). The default help page (in English of the USA I think) is:
/usr/share/gnome/help/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu.xml

This one cannot be opened with firefox but yes with gedit (it’s a template with variables).

]]> By: laringo http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-79224 laringo Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:57:02 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-79224 The answer to my question: /usr/share/gnome/help-langpack/about-ubuntu … then the folder of the language your Ubuntu uses … then open the file about-ubuntu.xml The answer to my question:
/usr/share/gnome/help-langpack/about-ubuntu

… then the folder of the language your Ubuntu uses
… then open the file about-ubuntu.xml

]]> By: laringo http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-79222 laringo Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:21:23 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-79222 The given URL considers the version 10.04. For other versions: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/about-ubuntu/C/index.html https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/about-ubuntu/C/index.html ........... The given URL considers the version 10.04. For other versions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/about-ubuntu/C/index.html

https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/about-ubuntu/C/index.html

………..

]]> By: laringo http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2007/01/18/how-to-find-out-your-ubuntu-version-name/comment-page-1/#comment-79221 laringo Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:13:30 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=179#comment-79221 Another way, from 2 starting points: a) From the web browser's address bar: ghelp:about-ubuntu b) From the run dialog (Alt + F2): gnome-help ghelp:about-ubuntu Both of them have the same effect as using the Main menu->System->About Ubuntu: They open the "Display application and GNOME system help" in a page giving the same information as https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/about-ubuntu/C/index.html (in the language in which you are using Ubuntu). My question is: in which folder of the filesystem is this help page stored? Another way, from 2 starting points:

a) From the web browser’s address bar: ghelp:about-ubuntu
b) From the run dialog (Alt + F2): gnome-help ghelp:about-ubuntu

Both of them have the same effect as using the Main menu->System->About Ubuntu:

They open the “Display application and GNOME system help” in a page giving the same information as https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/about-ubuntu/C/index.html (in the language in which you are using Ubuntu).

My question is: in which folder of the filesystem is this help page stored?

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