Version Check

[bpinterconnect]

We are attempting to determine if our system machine is running Ubuntu server or desktop. Is there an easy way to determine what version of software you're running?
Help Please......

[BlueSkyNIS]

Is looking at "System -> About Ubuntu" of any help?

[lswest]

well, a few ideas (i can't check if they say if it's desktop or not) but

lsb_release -a
uname -a

may tell you, and the easiest check is...when you installed Ubuntu did you install it from a fully-functional desktop environment off the CD and did it install a GUI? If so, it's the Desktop version. Ultimately the Server and the Desktop systems are the same setup, with a few changes (such as the server can install apache and such from the initial setup, and has no GUI, whereas the Desktop has no apache but a GUI).