On openSUSE 13.1 I see e239:x86_64 # cat /etc/SuSE-release openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64) VERSION = 13.1 CODENAME = Bottle # /etc/SuSE-release is deprecated and will be removed in the future, use /etc/os-release instead e239:x86_64 # w -n root ttyS0 19May15 0.00s 0.86s 0.02s login -- root