How to get Linux distribution name and version?

lsb_release -ds ; uname -mr

on my system yields the following from the bash (terminal) prompt:

Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
2.6.32-41-generic x86_64

Try:

cat /etc/lsb-release

You can also try

lsb_release -a

Or:

cat /proc/version

trying this way is an interesting one and less restrictive than lsb-release.

$ cat /etc/*-release

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