Comments on: How To Find Your Ubuntu or Kernel Version http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sherry http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-15272 sherry Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:24:38 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-15272 i have here an asus eeePC 4G and this is the info i got when envoking this command uname -a: Linux eeepc-Name 2.6.21.4-eeepc #2 Mon Oct 15 12:49:37 EDT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Here are my concern: i want to upgrade the version, is is upgradable? anybody there can suggest what version is suitable for the said pc? if all the answer is yes, then can u suggest me what site where i can download that certain version and you'd anybody there help me or can share me procedure how to upgrade? im looking ahead for all ou favorable replies, thank you and God bless you all as always. i have here an asus eeePC 4G and this is the info i got when envoking this command uname -a:
Linux eeepc-Name 2.6.21.4-eeepc #2 Mon Oct 15 12:49:37 EDT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Here are my concern: i want to upgrade the version, is is upgradable? anybody there can suggest what version is suitable for the said pc? if all the answer is yes, then can u suggest me what site where i can download that certain version and you’d anybody there help me or can share me procedure how to upgrade?

im looking ahead for all ou favorable replies, thank you and God bless you all as always.

]]> By: hafiz http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14880 hafiz Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:13:54 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14880 Hallo, I would like to mount Zippyboard to my BB Rev. C4 and try connect ethernet from zippy. So i already installed Ubuntu 10.10 with kernel version 2.6.35 on SD card and boot the BeagleBoard from that SD card and everything just fine. So now, to connect the zippy board to my BeagleBoard i actually need to configure the pin mux setting rite?i read this page.http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardPinMux#Pin_Mux_Cross_Reference_Table.but it seem i dont have this file on ubuntu--->arch/arm/mach-omap2/mux.c..So please if you can help me as this actually my final semester project.thanks a lot Hallo,
I would like to mount Zippyboard to my BB Rev. C4 and try connect ethernet from zippy. So i already installed Ubuntu 10.10 with kernel version 2.6.35 on SD card and boot the BeagleBoard from that SD card and everything just fine. So now, to connect the zippy board to my BeagleBoard i actually need to configure the pin mux setting rite?i read this page.http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardPinMux#Pin_Mux_Cross_Reference_Table.but it seem i dont have this file on ubuntu—>arch/arm/mach-omap2/mux.c..So please if you can help me as this actually my final semester project.thanks a lot

]]> By: doktor_no http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14839 doktor_no Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:23:36 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14839 <a href="#comment-12187" rel="nofollow">@rai </a> LSB is the abbreviation for: "least significant bit". This abbreviation is well known by each programmer. That is the reason why no programmer would think the "lsb_release" command would tell you the current version number. (To be mor specific. No programmer would ever imagin for what the command can ever be used.) The programmer who wrote this command must be the exception of the rule I mentioned. At leas he doesn't care for usability or propper use of abbreviations. Kind regards, doktor_no. @rai
LSB is the abbreviation for: “least significant bit”.
This abbreviation is well known by each programmer.
That is the reason why no programmer would think the “lsb_release” command would tell you the current version number. (To be mor specific. No programmer would ever imagin for what the command can ever be used.)
The programmer who wrote this command must be the exception of the rule I mentioned. At leas he doesn’t care for usability or propper use of abbreviations.
Kind regards, doktor_no.

]]> By: NB http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14786 NB Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:26:24 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14786 In the command ... sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width ... the quotation marks have to be vertical for it to work. Probably this time, using the code for them instead of the directly, ampersand-quot-semicolon, it will appear well: sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width In the command …
sudo lshw | grep “description: CPU” -A 12 | grep width
…
the quotation marks have to be vertical for it to work.

Probably this time, using the code for them instead of the directly, ampersand-quot-semicolon, it will appear well:
sudo lshw | grep "description: CPU" -A 12 | grep width

]]> By: Delete Ricardo's message http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14785 Delete Ricardo's message Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:21:19 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14785 @administrators: volname has nothing to do with the information of this page. Please remove the comment of Ricardo, and this one. Regards @administrators: volname has nothing to do with the information of this page. Please remove the comment of Ricardo, and this one. Regards

]]> By: Hiasop http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14776 Hiasop Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:48:39 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14776 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: Ricardo http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14771 Ricardo Mon, 30 May 2011 10:59:59 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14771 just type: volname just type: volname

]]> By: Cadfikle http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14748 Cadfikle Fri, 06 May 2011 10:41:44 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14748 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: Cadfikle http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14747 Cadfikle Fri, 06 May 2011 09:57:42 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14747 @husaragi: in the 1st screenshot you can read both 6.10 and Edgy Eft. More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ http://releases.ubuntu.com/ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 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. @husaragi: in the 1st screenshot you can read both 6.10 and Edgy Eft. More info:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/
http://releases.ubuntu.com/

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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: husaragi http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/27/how-to-find-your-ubuntu-or-kernel-version/#comment-14589 husaragi Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:21:32 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=255#comment-14589 <a href="#comment-11583" rel="nofollow">@ Rodney </a> seee...my point exactly....lucid? how about newer versions like x.xx so we know wtf youre talking about. stupid naming system. @ Rodney

seee…my point exactly….lucid? how about newer versions like x.xx so we know wtf youre talking about. stupid naming system.

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