1. $ cat /etc/issue
jackie@jackie_gnu:/proc$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.10 /n /l
2. $ lsb_release -a
jackie@jackie_gnu:/proc$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
3. $ cat /etc/lsb_release
jackie@jackie_gnu:/proc$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"