[CentOS] what people really mean when they say they're running "5.3"?

Sun Aug 8 17:53:13 UTC 2010
John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com>

On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 09:18:58AM -0700, Mark wrote:
>
> Check /etc/redhat-release; also uname -a if you know which kernel to look for.

	Actually, a combination of "uname -a" for kernel rev and then
	"rpm -q centos-release" is a more much sane and accurate method
	to identify which CentOS release is in use.




							John


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   same can be said of the PLATO computer project, which was celebrated in the
   PLATO at 50 conference at the CHM, 2-3 June 2010
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