How To Check OS Version In Linux?

GNU/Linux distros have lots of good things going for them. For example, they can be a refresher for someone from Windows or macOS. A lot of things in Linux are pretty similar to Windows, but what’s not identical is checking the OS version in Linux.

One can, arguably, go to the Settings > System Info on a Linux distribution, but provided there are tons of distributions out there, it’ll be hard for us to cover every single one of them as some of them differ. Therefore, in this article, let’s look at the three commands to check the OS version in Linux.

Check OS Version In Linux

Here are the three commands you can use to check the OS version in Linux.