Linux Administration Cookbook

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You might have noticed the Ubuntu usage of lsb_release to grab its OS version; the same can be done on CentOS, but first, lsb_release needs to be installed:

$ sudo yum install redhat-lsb-core

Now, we can run the same command that Ubuntu uses in order to get OS information:

$ lsb_release -s -d"CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core) "

The same can be done on Debian, without having to install anything by default:

$ lsb_release -s -dDebian GNU/Linux 9.5 (stretch)

Linux Standard Base (LSB) is basically a standard that multiple distributions sign up to. It specifies a Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), as well as various other components of a Linux system.

The LSB also suggests the package format of RPM, although Debian and Ubuntu ...