what is the best way to determine system OS?

[Philippe C. Martin]

Well,

At least I discovered os.uname :-)

Thanks,

Philippe


Sion Arrowsmith wrote:

> Philippe C. Martin <philippe at philippecmartin.com> wrote:
>>How about popen of 'uname -r' ?
> 
> os.uname()[2] is probably a better way (ie it doesn't spawning
> another process) of getting this information. I don't think it
> will help the original poster though (depending on *what* it is
> about FC3 which is breaking things) since it only provides the
> kernel version.
>