Ubuntu Linux Kernel Version

Ubuntu Linux Kernel Version

You can check the Kernel Version of your Ubuntu OS. There are many ways to find out the version.

In this tutorial, we will go through some of the ways in finding the version of Linux Kernel which you Ubuntu is using.

Check Ubuntu Linux Kernel Version using UNAME command

Open a Terminal and run the following command.

uname -r

The command echoes the Linux Kernel version to the terminal output as shown in the following screenshot.

Check Ubuntu Linux Kernel Version using hostnamectl command

You can also use hostnamectl command in Terminal. The command displays information like hostname, Machine ID, Operating System, Kernel and Architecture, etc.

In the following screenshot, you can observe that the machine we are running Ubuntu, has Linux 5.4.0-33-generic as Kernel.

Conclusion

In this Ubuntu Tutorial, we learned how to check Kernel version of the Ubuntu Operating System.