Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution - Linux distribution probe

    use Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution;
    my $distro = Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution->new;
    my $name   = $distro->name;
    if( $name ) {
        my $version = $distro->version;
        print "you are running $distro, version $version\n";
    }
    else {
        print "distribution unknown\n";
    }

This document describes version 0.78 of Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution released on 17 April 2011.

This is a simple module that tries to guess on what linux distribution we are running by looking for release's files in /etc. It now looks for 'lsb-release' first as that should be the most correct and adds ubuntu support. Secondly, it will look for the distro specific files.

It currently recognizes slackware, debian, suse, fedora, redhat, turbolinux, yellowdog, knoppix, mandrake, conectiva, immunix, tinysofa, va-linux, trustix, adamantix, yoper, arch-linux, libranet, gentoo, ubuntu and redflag.

It has function to get the version for debian, suse, redhat, gentoo, slackware, redflag and ubuntu(lsb). People running unsupported distro's are greatly encouraged to submit patches.

Add the capability of recognize the version of the distribution for all recognized distributions.

Some parts of this module were originally taken from Linux::Distribution and it's authors are:

    Alberto Re       E<lt>alberto@accidia.netE<gt>
    Judith Lebzelter E<lt>judith@osdl.orgE<gt>
    Alexandr Ciornii E<lt>alexchorny@gmail.com<gt>

Burak Gursoy <burak@cpan.org>.

Copyright 2006 - 2011 Burak Gursoy. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.