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    What version of Ubuntu I am running

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by ral, Jan 15, 2011.

  1. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    I installed Ubuntu 10.10 about a month ago.

    When I check the System ---> About Ubuntu ---> It says I have version 11.04 installed, released on April 2011.
     
    ral, Jan 15, 2011
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    Did you do anything with the repositories?
     
    Thomas, Jan 15, 2011
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  3. Sonicjet

    Sonicjet Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok, you are running 11.04 alpha most likely, how you got it was through the repositories or you downloaded the alpha by mistake a few months ago(the ui normally does not change in the alpha so it will say "Thank you for installing 10.10 even though it was 11.04")
    If it runs fine I would stick with Natty Narwhal.
     
    Sonicjet, Jan 15, 2011
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  4. corbintechboy

    corbintechboy Notebook Consultant

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    Unity ships with 11.04.

    If the desktop is not Gnome and you have folders on the left of the screen, you are running 11.04. If not I would say you may have some components of 11.04 and 10.10, if this is the case either upgrade fully to 11.04 or downgrade (term "update-manager -d" to fully up to 11.04).
     
    corbintechboy, Jan 15, 2011
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  5. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Desktop is Gnome... only thing I did was install the recommended updates.

    Fired up the terminal, and this is what I found:

     
    ral, Jan 15, 2011
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    11.04 runs kernel 2.6.37 so your good.
     
    corbintechboy, Jan 15, 2011
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    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks. Got a bit confused.
     
    ral, Jan 15, 2011
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    Quackers Notebook Guru

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    This is a known bug in the system reporting method. It happens just with 10.10 afaik.
     
    Quackers, Feb 16, 2011
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    Sxooter Notebook Virtuoso

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    What does

    cat /etc/issue

    in a terminal say?
     
    Sxooter, Feb 24, 2011
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