How to determine what BIT of Linux is installed?

@syoti20 (5292)
Philippines
February 19, 2011 5:52pm CST
Here in the office, I am Linux as my Operating System. I want to install a program but it was asking what bit I am using. Sorry I have no idea in terms of Installation. The choices are Red Hat, Fedora, Suse, Mandriva (32/64-Bit), Debian, Ubuntu (32-Bit) and Debian, Ubuntu (64-Bit). Is there someone who could tell me how can i check what bit I am using or how to check what Bit they used when they install the OS of my PC.
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hbsbucks
@hbsbucks (40)
• United States
22 Feb 11
Typing this command in a terminal will usually output the release version: cat /etc/*release
syoti20
@syoti20 (5292)
• Philippines
25 Feb 11
Which part I should type that? Sorry for the ignorance.
hbsbucks
@hbsbucks (40)
• United States
26 Feb 11
No problem. You can type the above command in a standard terminal. This picture is an example of a standard terminal: http://ubit.buffalo.edu/software/linux/images/linux_terminal_main.jpg
raj7shot
@raj7shot (838)
• India
5 Mar 11
this command will help you most...
RawBill AKA MrAusAdventure
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
25 Feb 11
I have come across this in the past as well when I have tried to install something from a website. I too had no idea what my version was. So, I ended up using the Synaptic Package Manager to install it instead. Do you have that installed?
syoti20
@syoti20 (5292)
• Philippines
25 Feb 11
I don't have Synaptic Manager on my PC
zweeb82
@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
23 Feb 11
Follow & type in what was posted by hbsbucks. "The choices are Red Hat, Fedora, Suse, Mandriva (32/64-Bit), Debian, Ubuntu (32-Bit) and Debian, Ubuntu (64-Bit)"
Rams mylot
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
20 Feb 11
Now i am using windows7 Operating system. Of course it is faster. But i wanna install the Linux OS once. I don't know which one is good to use. And some of my friends told me that, linux OS is very userfriendly. Is there any chance to download it from torrentz.com.