what is the best way to determine system OS?

[Sion Arrowsmith]

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.

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