How Do I Know Linux Distribution?

How Do I Know Linux Distribution?
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What is an example of a Linux distribution?

There are commercially-backed distributions, such as Fedora (Red Hat), openSUSE (SUSE) and Ubuntu (Canonical Ltd.), and entirely community-driven distributions, such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch Linux.

How do I find my Linux server model?

Try sudo dmidecode -s for a full list of system DMI strings available.
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Other great commands for getting hardware info:

  1. inxi [-F] All-in-one and extremely friendly, try inxi -SMG -! 31 -y 80.
  2. lscpu # Better than /proc/cpuinfo.
  3. lsusb [-v]
  4. lsblk [-a] # Better than df -h. Block Device Information.
  5. sudo hdparm /dev/sda1.
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