You put the following command in terminal:
1.If you want to display the kernel version information:
command as :
Jakeyfu@linux:~> cat /proc/version
2.If you want to display the release edition information:
command as:
Jakeyfu@linux:~>cat /etc/issue
ncowboy@geisha:~> cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18.2-34-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006
ncowboy@geisha:~>