Re: What's the meaning of uname -a ?

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* sebul <sebuls@gmail.com> [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

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