Hi Everyone  

Just out of curiosity is there a way in Gambas to get it to display on a label what Linux it is running on and what version the kernel is?

For example I have Debian 12 on my PC's and on my about screen I would like to show something like

"this app is running on Debian 12 (kernal 6.1.0-9-amd64) please let our support people know if you have to call us"

Can this be done with Gambas?

I have Linux Mint… however I would suggest :? this solution:

I thought that this was an interesting question. As a result, I discovered that all distros that use Systemd, and that is most distros now, have a useful command called hostnamectl. This produces quite a bit of interesting information. The following code will return the information you are looking for: -


Output: -
Operating System: Linux Mint 21.2
                  Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-84-generic

cogier said

I thought that this was an interesting question. As a result, I discovered that all distros that use Systemd, and that is most distros now, have a useful command called hostnamectl. This produces quite a bit of interesting information. The following code will return the information you are looking for: -

Code (gambas)

1.  Dim s1, s2 As String
2.  
3.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep System" To s1
4.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep Kernel" To s2
5.   Print s1; s2

Output: -
Operating System: Linux Mint 21.2
                  Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-84-generic

Hi

Just a update the above it works well but on my system I had to change it from System to Operating

Thanks for the info. I was not aware of hostnamectl, you gave me something new to play with.

AndyGable said

cogier said

I thought that this was an interesting question. As a result, I discovered that all distros that use Systemd, and that is most distros now, have a useful command called hostnamectl. This produces quite a bit of interesting information. The following code will return the information you are looking for: -

Code (gambas)

1.  Dim s1, s2 As String
2.  
3.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep System" To s1
4.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep Kernel" To s2
5.   Print s1; s2

Output: -
Operating System: Linux Mint 21.2
                  Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-84-generic

Hi

Just a update the above it works well but on my system I had to change it from System to Operating

AndyGable said

cogier said

I thought that this was an interesting question. As a result, I discovered that all distros that use Systemd, and that is most distros now, have a useful command called hostnamectl. This produces quite a bit of interesting information. The following code will return the information you are looking for: -

Code (gambas)

1.  Dim s1, s2 As String
2.  
3.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep System" To s1
4.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep Kernel" To s2
5.   Print s1; s2

Output: -
Operating System: Linux Mint 21.2
                  Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-84-generic

Hi

Just a update the above it works well but on my system I had to change it from System to Operating

Really?
hostnamectl | grep System  does not work for you?

BruceSteers said

AndyGable said

cogier said

I thought that this was an interesting question. As a result, I discovered that all distros that use Systemd, and that is most distros now, have a useful command called hostnamectl. This produces quite a bit of interesting information. The following code will return the information you are looking for: -

Code (gambas)

1.  Dim s1, s2 As String
2.  
3.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep System" To s1
4.   Shell "hostnamectl | grep Kernel" To s2
5.   Print s1; s2

Output: -
Operating System: Linux Mint 21.2
                  Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-84-generic

Hi

Just a update the above it works well but on my system I had to change it from System to Operating

Really?
hostnamectl | grep System  does not work for you?

No not on Debian 12

AndyGable said

I have Debian 12 on my PC

I modified the code in my suggestion above.
Can you test it with your Debian 12 ?
Thank you.

AndyGable said

BruceSteers said

AndyGable said

Hi

Just a update the above it works well but on my system I had to change it from System to Operating

Really?
hostnamectl | grep System  does not work for you?

No not on Debian 12

It's working fine on my debian 12

How about this…

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Linux 6.1.0-12-amd64


Or with gambas…

A bit of a shame that this is not implemented here.

/comp/gb/system - Gambas Documentation

Seems it can tell you it is Linux, but not what exact distro and version of Linux.