How to determine which version of SimplyMEPIS I'm using?
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I have 3 computers on which I have installed SimplyMEPIS but not the same version on each one.
Should I be able to type a code into Terminal that will tell my version?
Yes, I have tried searching and Googling for this, with no luck. 
Your help will be appreciated.
Lewis.
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You can look in oscenter
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You can look in oscenter too....
as root
# oscenter
or as normal user
$ kdesu oscenter
But it all depends if you have done a apt-get upgrade and such. Adrian_tm is a local expert on explaining what version do I have. But basically if you have 3.3 and upgrade to 3.4 you have 3.3 with 3.4 stuff.
Travis
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Maybe one day I'll be able to help if I ask enough questions.
# Linux howto's for newbies from a newbie
Re: Version
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jim
You are correct, Jim and I thank you.
Somewhere, recently, I saw a code and it could have been that it was for Fedora, or Puppy, or some other program, that would give the information in Terminal, rather than having to shut down and re-boot.
Kind regards.
Lewis.
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Re: You can look in oscenter
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You can look in oscenter too....as root
# oscenteror as normal user
$ kdesu oscenterBut it all depends if you have done a apt-get upgrade and such. Adrian_tm is a local expert on explaining what version do I have. But basically if you have 3.3 and upgrade to 3.4 you have 3.3 with 3.4 stuff.
Travis
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Maybe one day I'll be able to help if I ask enough questions.# Linux howto's for newbies from a newbie
Thanks for your help here, Travis and I really appreciate the link to your 'How Tos'
Kind regards.
Lewis.
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Red Hat and clones
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Red Hat and clones (e.g. CentOS) have a file called "/etc/redhat-release" in which the version info is stored. For example:
> cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 3)
Just FYI and not really relevant to MEPIS, which has little if any similarity to Red Hat Linux.
JDS
SS/CC>system admin.>login
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SystemSettings/ContrlCenter>system admin.>login manager>appearance.
Under greetings you see the version, like SimplyMEPIS 6.0-beta3
6 RC2 files
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Look for *release or *version in /etc. Sometimes /etc/issue will have something too.
# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06
DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06 LTS"
# cat /etc/debian_version
testing
Re: 6 RC2 files
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Look for *release or *version in /etc. Sometimes /etc/issue will have something too.# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06
DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06 LTS"
# cat /etc/debian_version
testing
Very interesting. Thank you.
Thats exactly what I get when I do it on my machine.
Kind regards.
Lewis.
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Version
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Log out and back in the version is usually displayed on the sign in page since 3.0 i think .
jim