If you do not have a “Start” button, look for other indicators that show what operating system you have. A Microsoft Windows logo or flag may mean you have a version of Windows that predates Windows 95, such as Windows 3. 11. If you see a red hat in a corner of your screen, you are running the Red Hat Linux operating system. If you see a green or blue “L” in a screen corner, you have Lindows or Linspire. A gray or black footprint in a screen corner indicates you are using a graphical user interface (GUI) called GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) on a form of Linux or UNIX. The Sun Solaris operating system is being used with X, a graphics system for UNIX, if you have a purple background with “Sun” or “Solaris” being visually indicated on your screen.
If you are not sure if the text shown is the name of your operating system or you want more information on the OS, try 1 of the options below.
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See what operating system edition you are running near the top of the window under “System:” or “Windows edition. " An example is “Windows XP Home. " If running an edition of Windows XP, look for “x64 Edition” to see if you have the 64-bit version. If it is not there, you have the 32-bit version. For an edition of Windows Vista or Windows 7, look for “64-bit Operating System” or “32-bit Operating System” next to the words “System type. "
