Determine PCLinuxOS version [SOLVED]

[Hans Troost]

I often see in messages and articles something like PCLinuxOS 2010.12 showing an exact version number of the OS. I wonder what I have on my PC. How can I determine this (I know of cause I have version 2010, but which subversion?).

Regards,

Hans Troost

[kalle123]

Just guessing. (I don't know!)

Rolling release, so you are always up to date 

[DeBaas]

My example in a terminal:
cat /etc/*-release

[ed@linux ~]$ cat /etc/*-release
PCLinuxOS-FullMonty release 2011.01
LSB_VERSION=lsb-3.1-ia32:lsb-3.1-noarch
DISTRIB_ID=PCLinuxOS
DISTRIB_RELEASE=
DISTRIB_CODENAME=
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="PCLinuxOS"
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586

[Was_Just19]

I often see in messages and articles something like PCLinuxOS 2010.12 showing an exact version number of the OS. I wonder what I have on my PC. How can I determine this (I know of cause I have version 2010, but which subversion?).

Regards,

Hans Troost

Are you speaking of the Desktop Environment? ... which partially determines the naming of the ISOs .......  KDE, Gnome etc etc

.......  or maybe you mean the results of the uname command in a terminal .....

uname -a

should get all the info you need

[uncleV]

My example in a terminal:
cat /etc/*-release

Mine here under LXDE is exactly the same except the first line is missing.

[kalle123]

My example in a terminal:
cat /etc/*-release

Mine here under LXDE is exactly the same except the first line is missing.

That line is missing here too.

I see, I have 2010.

But nothing about 2010.10 or 2010.12.

So my guessing was -> 2010.12 

[Neal ManBear]

Which version did you download and install? This answers the "basic" question. That is only what you started with, though. If you stay current, i.e. you apply all updates regularly, you have the latest version. That is, to have the most current version, all that is needed is to stay updated.  This has been said before here.

This is the advantage of a rolling release distro. Once you have it installed, you will always have the latest release by keeping up to date. Simple, isn't it?

[pinoc]

In general, and to my knowledge, there is no way to detect which PCLinuxOS-iso image was installed, unless the user remembers. The only info is the release year as seen before. But as long as you update continuously all is fine.

However, I still think it might be useful to tell which iso-image was installed initially on the PC. For this reason I placed a file called /etc/fullmonty-release on the FullMonty. This file contains information on the FullMonty iso-release so the user will know which FullMonty-iso was installed initially on his system. This info is also of interest to me when debugging any FM-problems which may be specific to a given FM-release. On the FullMonty (2011.01 and later) you can also run the command fm_info which will provide some basic system info and uptodate info on the current state of the FullMonty.
-p.

[menotu]

In addition to the other advice - and you are running KDE - open Dolphin or Konqueror, and go to Help > About KDE - and this tell you which Desktop platform you are running  (if you are currently fully updated on KDE it should be Platform Version 4.6.1 (4.6.1)

[T6]

you need to know 3 important parts of the os, kernel, desktop environment and iso used to install

you downloaded the iso so you know what is your base, this base if you update using synaptic is not really important because pclinux updates everything(if you don't do selective updating and end breaking the system)

the kernel, you can open a console and write uname -a and see what it reports as the kernel in use
the kernel is not updated automatically to avoid problems

the os, you can verify in kde control center, in gnome i can't remember but each de has a proper way

if you are updated, you have the latest pclinux available

[Hans Troost]

First of all:

Thank you all for your responses.

I tried: cat /etc/*-release and got this output:

[hans@hans ~]$ cat /etc/*-release
LSB_VERSION=lsb-3.1-ia32:lsb-3.1-noarch
DISTRIB_ID=PCLinuxOS
DISTRIB_RELEASE=
DISTRIB_CODENAME=
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="PCLinuxOS"
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
PCLinuxOS release 2010 (PCLinuxOS) for i586
[hans@hans ~]$

So the sub-version nr is missing.

And: as some of you mentioned: it is a rolling release and also I always keep it updated. But even then: where can I find the information about the "current" version: which sub-sub-sub version is it?

So the reason of my question was not worries or whetever. But I always want to know what I have under my fingertips. Exactly which version.

I'm still curious , something like this should be easy in my opinion.

Best regards,

Hans troost

[Old-Polack]

And: as some of you mentioned: it is a rolling release and also I always keep it updated. But even then: where can I find the information about the "current" version: which sub-sub-sub version is it?

So the reason of my question was not worries or whetever. But I always want to know what I have under my fingertips. Exactly which version.

I'm still curious , something like this should be easy in my opinion.

Best regards,

Hans troost

If you are fully upgraded, the closest thing to a sub version is "current". With a rolling release there are no other sub versions. All ISO images are just snapshots of the 2010 release, as was current on the day the image was created. Each time upgrades become available, applying them brings you up to "current, as of today".

[ivanovnegro]

In addition to the other advice - and you are running KDE - open Dolphin or Konqueror, and go to Help > About KDE - and this tell you which Desktop platform you are running  (if you are currently fully updated on KDE it should be Platform Version 4.6.1 (4.6.1)

I thought KDE 4.6.2. 

[The Chief]

So the sub-version nr is missing.

And: as some of you mentioned: it is a rolling release and also I always keep it updated. But even then: where can I find the information about the "current" version: which sub-sub-sub version is it?

So the reason of my question was not worries or whetever. But I always want to know what I have under my fingertips. Exactly which version.

I'm still curious , something like this should be easy in my opinion.

Hans, I think you have a mistaken impression of what those sub-version numbers mean.  

They are simply the month that the ISO was released, and the only reason for ever releasing any ISOs (after the first one), is so that you can do a fresh install and not need hours and hours of updating to get current.  In other words, the ISOs are just snapshots of a fully updated system as of the month indicated by the sub-version.

You can get to the same state with any of them, it's just a matter of how much time you'll have to spend downloading/updating in order to get current after you install.  The larger (later) the sub-version number, the more nearly up to date it is.  They are released as a convenience to the users.

I hope that clarifies things somewhat.

[menotu]

In addition to the other advice - and you are running KDE - open Dolphin or Konqueror, and go to Help > About KDE - and this tell you which Desktop platform you are running  (if you are currently fully updated on KDE it should be Platform Version 4.6.1 (4.6.1)

I thought KDE 4.6.2. 

Was it 4.6.2 on the 29th March ?