Linux Command: Find Out My Linux Distribution Name and Version

Normally these are the 2 commonly used command to be used. You can use any one of the following command to find out your Linux distribution and name:

cat /etc/*-release

or

lsb_release -a

In case you need the kernel information, these are the command commonly used.

uname -a

or

uname -mrs

here are a few more different ways to get some info:-

- In GUI Menu -> System  Settings -> System Info
- inxi -F
- lsb_release -a
- cat /etc/linuxmint/info
- cat /etc/issue

cat /etc/os-release

cat /etc/issue

cat /etc/issue

Remove saved credentials or password stored in Windows 7

If you are facing problems regarding connecting to a network drive and the system did not prompt you for a username and password. Most likely, you had already a password being saved in the system already. You could type this command to check the credentials that had been stored previously.

rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr

From here you can remove authenticated network shares so that the next time you will have to type in the credentials again.

Linux: CentOS 6.3 - Guide to install GNOME Desktop from CLI using yum

1. You would need to install "X Windows System" first, as this is the based that provide GUI and rich input device capability before installing GNOME Desktop. This will take a while as yum would download packages from the net before installing, therefore please have your internet connection setup before executing. Command to execute :-

# yum groupinstall -y 'X Window System'

2. Next will be the command for installing GNOME Desktop Environment :-

#  yum groupinstall -y 'Desktop'

3.  Done. To start GNOME type the following command :-

# startx

Note: If you would like to start GNOME automatically after reboot, you would need to edit the /etc/inittab file by changing the line " id:3:initdefault: " to " id:5:initdefault: " in the file.