/etc/os-release list for popular distributions

README.md

Here is a list of os-release values in all kinds of different distributions.

	NAME	VERSION	ID	VERSION_ID	PLATFORM_ID	VARIANT	VARIANT_ID	BUILD_ID	ID_LIKE	PRETTY_NAME	HOME_URL	SUPPORT_URL	BUG_REPORT_URL	VERSION_CODENAME	UBUNTU_CODENAME	PRIVACY_POLICY_URL	ANSI_COLOR	LOGO	CPE_NAME	DOCUMENTATION_URL	REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT	REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION	REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT	REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION	CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT	CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION
Ubuntu 14.04	Ubuntu	14.04.6 LTS, Trusty Tahr	ubuntu	14.04					debian	Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS	http://www.ubuntu.com/	http://help.ubuntu.com/	http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/
Ubuntu 16.04	Ubuntu	16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus)	ubuntu	16.04					debian	Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS	http://www.ubuntu.com/	http://help.ubuntu.com/	http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/	xenial	xenial
Ubuntu 18.04	Ubuntu	18.04.6 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	ubuntu	18.04					debian	Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS	https://www.ubuntu.com/	https://help.ubuntu.com/	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/	bionic	bionic	https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy
Ubuntu 20.04	Ubuntu	20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)	ubuntu	20.04					debian	Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS	https://www.ubuntu.com/	https://help.ubuntu.com/	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/	focal	focal	https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy
Ubuntu 22.04	Ubuntu	22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)	ubuntu	22.04					debian	Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)	https://www.ubuntu.com/	https://help.ubuntu.com/	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/	jammy	jammy	https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy
Ubuntu 22.04	Ubuntu	22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)	ubuntu	22.04					debian	Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)	https://www.ubuntu.com/	https://help.ubuntu.com/	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/	jammy	jammy	https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy
Fedora 33	Fedora	33 (Container Image)	fedora	33	platform:f33	Container Image	container			Fedora 33 (Container Image)	https://fedoraproject.org/	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/			https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy	0;38;2;60;110;180	fedora-logo-icon	cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33	https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f33/system-administrators-guide/	Fedora	33	Fedora	33
Fedora 34	Fedora	34 (Container Image)	fedora	34	platform:f34	Container Image	container			Fedora 34 (Container Image)	https://fedoraproject.org/	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/			https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy	0;38;2;60;110;180	fedora-logo-icon	cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34	https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f34/system-administrators-guide/	Fedora	34	Fedora	34
Fedora 35	Fedora Linux	35 (Container Image)	fedora	35	platform:f35	Container Image	container			Fedora Linux 35 (Container Image)	https://fedoraproject.org/	https://ask.fedoraproject.org/	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/			https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy	0;38;2;60;110;180	fedora-logo-icon	cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:35	https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f35/system-administrators-guide/	Fedora	35	Fedora	35
Fedora 36	Fedora Linux	36 (Container Image Prerelease)	fedora	36	platform:f36	Container Image	container			Fedora Linux 36 (Container Image Prerelease)	https://fedoraproject.org/	https://ask.fedoraproject.org/	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/			https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy	0;38;2;60;110;180	fedora-logo-icon	cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36	https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/rawhide/system-administrators-guide/	Fedora	rawhide	Fedora	rawhide
Arch Linux	Arch Linux		arch					rolling		Arch Linux	https://archlinux.org/	https://bbs.archlinux.org/	https://bugs.archlinux.org/				38;2;23;147;209	archlinux-logo		https://wiki.archlinux.org/
CentOS 7	CentOS Linux	7 (Core)	centos	7					rhel fedora	CentOS Linux 7 (Core)	https://www.centos.org/		https://bugs.centos.org/				0;31		cpe:/o:centos:centos:7				centos	7	CentOS-7	7
CentOS 8	CentOS Linux	8	centos	8	platform:el8				rhel fedora	CentOS Linux 8	https://centos.org/		https://bugs.centos.org/				0;31		cpe:/o:centos:centos:8						CentOS-8	8
Debian 7	Debian GNU/Linux	7 (wheezy)	debian	7						Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)	http://www.debian.org/	http://www.debian.org/support/	http://bugs.debian.org/				1;31
Debian 8	Debian GNU/Linux	8 (jessie)	debian	8						Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)	http://www.debian.org/	http://www.debian.org/support	https://bugs.debian.org/
Debian 9	Debian GNU/Linux	9 (stretch)	debian	9						Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)	https://www.debian.org/	https://www.debian.org/support	https://bugs.debian.org/	stretch
Debian 10	Debian GNU/Linux	10 (buster)	debian	10						Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)	https://www.debian.org/	https://www.debian.org/support	https://bugs.debian.org/	buster
Debian 11	Debian GNU/Linux	11 (bullseye)	debian	11						Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)	https://www.debian.org/	https://www.debian.org/support	https://bugs.debian.org/	bullseye
OpenSUSE 15	openSUSE Leap	15.3	opensuse-leap	15.3					suse opensuse	openSUSE Leap 15.3	https://www.opensuse.org/		https://bugs.opensuse.org				0;32		cpe:/o:opensuse:leap:15.3
OpenSUSE 42	openSUSE Leap	42.3	opensuse	42.3					suse	openSUSE Leap 42.3	https://www.opensuse.org/		https://bugs.opensuse.org				0;32		cpe:/o:opensuse:leap:42.3
Linux Mint	Linux Mint	18.2 (Sonya)	linuxmint	18.2					ubuntu	Linux Mint 18.2	http://www.linuxmint.com/	http://forums.linuxmint.com/	http://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/	sonya	xenial
Scientific Linux 6
Scientific Linux 7	Scientific Linux	7.9 (Nitrogen)	scientific	7.9					rhel centos fedora	Scientific Linux 7.9 (Nitrogen)	http://www.scientificlinux.org//		mailto:[email protected]				0;31		cpe:/o:scientificlinux:scientificlinux:7.9:GA		Scientific Linux 7	7.9	Scientific Linux	7.9

compute.js

const { execSync } = require('child_process');
const SMap = require('./smap');

const repos = [
  { name: 'Ubuntu 14.04', image: 'ubuntu:14.04' },
  { name: 'Ubuntu 16.04', image: 'ubuntu:16.04' },
  { name: 'Ubuntu 18.04', image: 'ubuntu:18.04' },
  { name: 'Ubuntu 20.04', image: 'ubuntu:20.04' },
  { name: 'Ubuntu 22.04', image: 'ubuntu:22.04' },
  { name: 'Ubuntu 22.04', image: 'ubuntu:22.04' },
  { name: 'Fedora 33',    image: 'fedora:33' },
  { name: 'Fedora 34',    image: 'fedora:34' },
  { name: 'Fedora 35',    image: 'fedora:35' },
  { name: 'Fedora 36',    image: 'fedora:36' },
  { name: 'Arch Linux',   image: 'archlinux' },
  { name: 'CentOS 7',     image: 'centos:centos7' },
  { name: 'CentOS 8',     image: 'centos:centos8' },
  { name: 'Debian 7',     image: 'debian:7' },
  { name: 'Debian 8',     image: 'debian:8' },
  { name: 'Debian 9',     image: 'debian:9' },
  { name: 'Debian 10',    image: 'debian:10' },
  { name: 'Debian 11',    image: 'debian:11' },
  { name: 'OpenSUSE 15',  image: 'opensuse/leap:15' },
  { name: 'OpenSUSE 42',  image: 'opensuse/leap:42' },
  { name: 'Linux Mint',   image: 'vcatechnology/linux-mint' },
  { name: 'Scientific Linux 6', image: 'scientificlinux/sl:6' },
  { name: 'Scientific Linux 7', image: 'scientificlinux/sl:7' },
];

const osReleaseEntries = [];
for (const { name, image } of repos) {
  console.error('processing ' + image);
  try {
    const result = execSync(`docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 -t ${image} cat /etc/os-release`).toString();
    osReleaseEntries.push(...result.trim().split('\n').filter(line => line.includes('=')).map(line => {
      const [fieldName, fieldValue] = line.trim()
          .split('=')
          .map(a => a.trim())
          .map(a => a.startsWith('"') && a.endsWith('"') ? a.substring(1, a.length - 1) : a);
      return {name, image, fieldName, fieldValue};
    }));
  } catch (e) {
    // Looks like there's either no docker image for some reason, or no /etc/os-release
  }
}

const smap = new SMap(osReleaseEntries);

const importantFields = ['NAME', 'VERSION', 'ID', 'VERSION_ID', 'PLATFORM_ID', 'VARIANT', 'VARIANT_ID', 'BUILD_ID'];
const otherFields = smap.uniqueValues('fieldName').filter(name => !importantFields.includes(name));
const rowNames = ['', ...repos.map(repo => repo.name)];
const columnNames = ['', ...importantFields, ...otherFields];

renderMarkdownTableWithCallback(
  rowNames.length,
  columnNames.length,
  (row, column) => {
    if (row === 0 && column === 0)
      return '';
    if (row === 0)
      return columnNames[column];
    if (column === 0)
      return rowNames[row];
    return smap.get({
      name: rowNames[row],
      fieldName: columnNames[column]
    })?.fieldValue ?? '';
  }
);

function renderMarkdownTableWithCallback(rows, columns, callback) {
  const mx = [];
  for (let row = 0; row < rows; ++row) {
    const r = [];
    for (let column = 0; column < columns; ++column)
      r.push(callback(row, column));
    mx.push(r);
  }
  const [headers, ...rest] = mx;
  // Header row
  console.log('| ' + headers.join(' | ') + ' |');
  // Separator
  console.log('| ' + headers.map(_ => '---').join(' | ') + ' |');
  // Other rows
  for (const v of rest)
    console.log('| ' + v.join(' | ') + ' |');
}

smap.js

class SMap {
  constructor(entries = []) {
    this._entries = entries;
    this._indexes = new Map();
    this[Symbol.iterator] = () => this._entries[Symbol.iterator]();
  }

  map(callback) { return this._entries.map(callback); }
  filter(callback) { return this._entries.filter(callback); }
  slice(from, to) { return this._entries.slice(from, to); }
  get size() { return this._entries.length; }

  has(selector) {
    const entries = this.getAll(selector);
    return entries.length > 0;
  }

  uniqueValues(key) {
    const index = this._ensureIndex([key]);
    return [...index._data.keys()];
  }

  get(selector) {
    const entries = this.getAll(selector);
    return entries.length ? entries[0] : null;
  }

  getAll(selector) {
    const keys = Object.entries(selector).filter(([key, value]) => value !== undefined).map(([key]) => key);
    return this._ensureIndex(keys).getAll(selector);
  }

  _ensureIndex(keys) {
    keys.sort();
    const indexId = JSON.stringify(keys);
    let index = this._indexes.get(indexId);
    if (!index) {
      index = new Index(this._entries, keys);
      this._indexes.set(indexId, index);
    }
    return index;
  }
}

class Index {
  constructor(entries, keys) {
    this._keys = keys;//keys.slice();
    this._lastKey = this._keys.pop();
    this._data = new Map();
    for (const entry of entries) {
      let data = this._data;
      for (const key of this._keys) {
        const value = entry[key];
        let map = data.get(value);
        if (!map) {
          map = new Map();
          data.set(value, map);
        }
        data = map;
      }
      const lastValue = entry[this._lastKey];
      let array = data.get(lastValue);
      if (!array) {
        array = [];
        data.set(lastValue, array);
      }
      array.push(entry);
    }
  }

  getAll(selector) {
    let data = this._data;
    for (const key of this._keys) {
      data = data.get(selector[key]);
      if (!data)
        return [];
    }
    return data.get(selector[this._lastKey]) || [];
  }
}

module.exports = SMap;

@aslushnikov cool script, thanks for sharing! You could add "elementary/docker" to your list of repos.