Where on the desktop or in which apps is the current Fedora version displayed?

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How can the current Fedora version be displayed?

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On GNOME:
Settings → About

On terminal:

cat /etc/os-release
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Even simpler with cat /etc/fedora-release from the cli

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There is also, and this is not obvious, hostnamectl which also tells you how long the Fedora version is planned to be supported:

$ hostnamectl
     Static hostname: fender.chelsea.private
           Icon name: computer-server
             Chassis: server
          Machine ID: <blah>
             Boot ID: <blah>
    Operating System: Fedora Linux 39 (Server Edition)
         CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39
      OS Support End: Tue 2024-11-12
OS Support Remaining: 10month 1w 1d
              Kernel: Linux 6.6.8-200.fc39.x86_64
        Architecture: x86-64
     Hardware Vendor: Supermicro
      Hardware Model: Super Server
    Firmware Version: 1.4
       Firmware Date: Tue 2020-05-26
        Firmware Age: 3y 7month 1w 1d
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Or just right click on the desktop click setting the click about.

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that answer was given in post 2 – marked as the solution.

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My bad must be getting old didn’t see that part.

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