How to Find Your Linux Version or Distro Release, and Why It Matters     Finding your kernel release  There will be times when you must know your kernel release number.  Fortunately, the developers saw fit to include a handy tool that will  quickly display your kernel release number. Here’s what you need to do:     Open up a terminal window     Issue the command   uname -r    Take note of the information displayed (Figure 1).      Finding your distribution release  There may be times when you need to know the release number you  currently use. Again, there’s a handy command to find that information.  Do the following:     Open a terminal window     Issue the command   lsb_release -a      For more details pls. check the source : link