Re: What's the meaning of uname -a ?
Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]>
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* sebul <[email protected]> [2018-03-01 20:35]: > When I type uname -a I get > Linux sebul 4.9.0-6-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u2 (2018-02-21) i686 > GNU/Linux > > What is 4.9.0-6-686-pae ? This is the kernel version. It consists of: * Upstream version (4.9) * ABI (6) * Flavour (686-pae) > What is 4.9.82-1+deb9u2 ? This is the package version. It shows that it's version 4.9.82, which Debian revision 1, aimed at Debian 9 and update 2. See https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-versions.html