"Kurt D. Starsinic" wrote: > > For Debian, read /etc/debian_version, which contains a single word. > Recent versions will contain the following: > > Debian Version Contents of file > 1.3 bo > 2.0 hamm > 2.1 slink > 2.2 potato > > Peace, As a matter of interest, what does Debian GNU/Hurd say in /etc/debian_version, and what does 'uname' output? This could be more of an issue as Hurd gains more users.