How do I know which distro I have?

[Redflag64]

Hi everyone.

Extreme newbie here. I've just bought an Acer Aspire One notebook and the O/S is Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.7.E.
This might be a really dumb question, but how do I know what distro I have or do I need to download one? I have looked that the distro list and don't recognise any of those names. Is there somewhere on my system that will tell me?
Hope you can help.

Many thanks.

[daark.child]

Linpus is a distribution based on Fedora. What is the output of starting a terminal and running

cat /etc/*release

[Redflag64]

Thanks for replying so quickly. This may be a really silly question, but where/how would I find that info?

Thanks.

[Atom]

Open terminal/konsole and here type the code given by daark.child
You will see info about your installed distro.

[danielsmw]

You can find some more information on your distro (assuming it is Linpus) at distrowatch.com:

DistroWatch.com: Linpus Linux

By the way, welcome to the forums! Best of luck with your Linux endeavors.

[gooki1]

O/S is Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.7.E.

Isn't that the Linux distro? Hey, you usually know what distro you have because you install it! Duh!
Edit: the Penguin made me say it!

[jayd512]

Hey, you usually know what distro you have because you install it! Duh!

No need to be rude about it! When you live in a world where you can pay over a grand or two for a PC with Vista or 250 - 400 USD with Linux pre-installed, there will be a few that have questions of what is installed!