Quick, simple trick to see the Version of the Operating system that you are using
Open a terminal
from a terminal, type:
cat /etc/os-release
It will return something like this
NAME=”Ubuntu”
VERSION=”21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)”
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME=”Ubuntu 21.04″
VERSION_ID=”21.04″
HOME_URL=”https://www.ubuntu.com/”
SUPPORT_URL=”https://help.ubuntu.com/”
BUG_REPORT_URL=”https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/”
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=”https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy”
VERSION_CODENAME=hirsute
UBUNTU_CODENAME=hirsute
As you can see, my version is Ubuntu 21.04
