diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/GetSysInfo.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/GetSysInfo.cpp
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+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/GetSysInfo.cpp
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+#include "global.h"
+#include "GetSysInfo.h"
+#include "RageUtil.h"
+
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+
+void GetKernel( CString &sys, int &vers )
+{
+	utsname uts;
+	uname( &uts );
+
+	sys = uts.sysname;
+	vers = 0;
+
+	if( sys == "Linux" )
+	{
+		static Regex ver( "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)" );
+		vector<CString> matches;
+		if( ver.Compare(uts.release, matches) )
+		{
+			ASSERT( matches.size() >= 2 );
+			int major = atoi(matches[0]);
+			int minor = atoi(matches[1]);
+			int revision = atoi(matches[2]);
+			vers = (major << 16) + (minor << 8) + (revision);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/GetSysInfo.h b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/GetSysInfo.h
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+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/GetSysInfo.h
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+#ifndef GET_SYS_INFO_H
+
+void GetKernel( CString &sys, int &vers );
+
+#endif
+