[Lazarus] Determining OS

[Michael Schneider]

Am Monday 01 August 2011 11:58:33 schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd:
> Taking that into account, I thought it worth taking a closer
> look at a number of systems.
>
> Slackware x86 8.1 with desktop: neither lsb_release nor xdg-open.
>
> Slackware x86 13.37 with desktop: no lsb_release, does have xdg-open.
>
> Debian armel Lenny headless: neither lsb_release nor xdg-open.
>
> Debian armel Lenny with desktop: neither lsb_release nor xdg-open.
>
> Debian armel Squeeze with desktop: has lsb_release, no xdg-open.
>
> Debian mipsel Squeeze with desktop: has lsb_release, no xdg-open.
>
> Debian zSeries Lenny with desktop: neither lsb_release nor xdg-open.
>
> Debian x86 Lenny with desktop: neither lsb_release nor xdg-open.
>
> Debian x86 Squeeze with desktop: both lsb_release and xdg-open.
>
> Debian SPARC Etch with desktop: both lsb_release and xdg-open.
>
> Debian SPARC Lenny with desktop: both lsb_release and xdg-open.
>
> Solaris (8 and 10) have neither lsb_release nor xdg-open as standard.
> Same probably applies to BSD.
just out of curiosity
is 
cat /etc/*-release

working?