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How can I find the version of installed Ubuntu?
This question may find silly but here is the question..
My friend sent me a laptop from U.S. and he said he installed KDE on Ubuntu..
How do i confirm that if it is KDE over ubuntu or Kubuntu?
I am looking for some command that i can execute in terminal to find the info
In terminal type,
lsb_release -a
It will give you the similar output like mine,
karthick@Ubuntu-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
In my case from the Distributor ID you can see that i am using Ubuntu distribution.
No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid So is it KDE over ubuntu? Please tell me
Check to see if the ubuntu-desktop package is installed or has ever been installed.
dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop
If you get this:-
No packages found matching ubuntu-desktop.
Then it wasn't installed from an Ubuntu medium, and so chances are it was either built up from minimal install or from a Kubuntu CD.
If you see a line that starts:-
un ubuntu-desktop
Then Ubuntu (GNOME variant) was installed but has now been removed. So chances are it was an Ubuntu install onto which KDE was added.
No packages found matching ubuntu-desktop. Also my friend confirmed that he installed this from Kubuntu CD..I was looking for this only..Thanks for your answer.
Try looking in Synaptic for kubuntu-desktop package installed, as apposed to just KDE packages. I think if you have kubuntu-desktop installed it is pretty sure to be Kubuntu and not just KDE packages installed on Ubuntu, but I haven't used Kubuntu for some time.