Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution - Linux distribution probe

       Burak Gursoy

       This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Burak Gursoy.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
       programming language system itself.

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-08-16             Sys::Info::Driv...S::Distribution(3pm)

       This is a simple module that tries to guess on what linux distribution we are running by looking for
       release's files in /etc.  It now looks for 'lsb-release' first as that should be the most correct and
       adds ubuntu support.  Secondly, it will look for the distro specific files.

       It currently recognizes slackware, debian, suse, fedora, redhat, turbolinux, yellowdog, knoppix,
       mandrake, conectiva, immunix, tinysofa, va-linux, trustix, adamantix, yoper, arch-linux, libranet,
       gentoo, ubuntu and redflag.

       It has function to get the version for debian, suse, redhat, gentoo, slackware, redflag and ubuntu(lsb).
       People running unsupported distro's are greatly encouraged to submit patches.

       Some parts of this module were originally taken from "Linux::Distribution" and it's authors are:

           Alberto Re       E<lt>alberto@accidia.netE<gt>
           Judith Lebzelter E<lt>judith@osdl.orgE<gt>
           Alexandr Ciornii E<lt>alexchorny@gmail.com<gt>

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       Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution - Linux distribution probe

           use Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution;
           my $distro = Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution->new;
           my $name   = $distro->name;
           if( $name ) {
               my $version = $distro->version;
               print "you are running $distro, version $version\n";
           }
           else {
               print "distribution unknown\n";
           }

       Add the capability of recognize the version of the distribution for all recognized distributions.

       version 0.7908