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chabala

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From: Lyons, IL, USA

Registered: 2026-04-20

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Where is the release information stored?

I'm running Devuan-based PeppermintOS. Which version, you might ask; I've found it's difficult to tell.

I've noticed that all the places I'm used to looking to see my release information seem to be unpopulated:

neofetch: "OS: n/a x86_64"

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    n/a
Description:    n/a
Release:    n/a
Codename:    n/a

$ ll /etc/os-release
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jun 30  2024 /etc/os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-release

$ ll /usr/lib/os-release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 20 08:42 /usr/lib/os-release

I know the whole point is not using systemd, but surely putting some release information in one of the well known locations would be good. Pretty sure the LSB spec isn't systemd specific.

Is there another distro-specific release information file I don't know about?

ralph.ronnquist

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From: Battery Point, Tasmania, AUS

Registered: 2016-11-30

Posts: 1,685  

Re: Where is the release information stored?

check /var/lib/apt/lists