See the command trail below to determine the following info:
- Gentoo release aka baselayout
- Kernel version
bpc steph # cat /etc/gentoo-release
Gentoo Base System release 2.2
bpc steph # uname -r
3.2.12-gentoo
Or…
bpc steph # equery list baselayout
* Searching for baselayout ...
[IP-] [ ] sys-apps/baselayout-2.2:0
bpc steph # eselect kernel list
Available kernel symlink targets:
[1] linux-2.6.39-gentoo-r3
[2] linux-3.2.1-gentoo-r2
[3] linux-3.2.12-gentoo *
[4] linux-3.3.8-gentoo
[5] linux-3.4.9-gentoo
[6] linux-3.5.7-gentoo
[7] linux-3.6.11-gentoo
[8] linux-3.7.10-gentoo
[9] linux-3.8.13-gentoo
Reference: How do I tell what version of Gentoo & Linux is running?