Thanks Chris. Now that I know about debian-users, I'll be using that for generic questions such as this.
Thanks Jim/Michael for taking time to show me how to use Google instead of simply pointing me to debian-users. Ash On Mon, December 13, 2010 2:08 pm, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:59:23AM +1030, Ashvin Narayanan wrote: >> This probably isn't the best place to ask but I couldn't find a better >> one. > > What about debian-user? > debian-security is for the discussion/announcement of securiy issues > affecting Debian. > >> How do I obtain information about my Lenny installation? Is there a >> command that tells me the version number? > > less /etc/debian_version is one way, I think the lsb-release package(s) > also can help. > > Obviously, your machine would have had to have been fully up to date for > the information to have any meaning. > > -- > "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." > -- Napoleon Bonaparte > On Mon, December 13, 2010 1:14 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 21:38, Michael Cassano <mcass...@gmail.com> wrote: >> No, this is not the right place to ask. A better place is Google, for >> instance. >> >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how%20do%20I%20tell%20what%20version%20of%20debian%20I%20am%20running&btnG=Search > > Oh, come on. We can do better than that. > > http://tinyurl.com/2vbtw7b > > > :-) > > -Jim P. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2bb8a76094d2d3e2a3ad3fdfce32cf17.squir...@secure.haeseandharris.com.au
