Hello Plug, I am wondering if I sit at a strange linux box - how I find out if it is Redhat/Mandrake/Debian/Suse etc? uname -amnrspv Linux longblack 2.4.18 #2 Fri Oct 4 14:06:38 WST 2002 i686 unknown Above is the output from my Debian Woody, but it doesn't tell me much. Any ideas? Thanks, Daniel.