diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index 191205bee3..5bfd8e10e2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -439,5 +439,27 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             // Truncate string before first end-of-line character found
             return input.Substring(0, clip);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns the contents of /etc/issue on Unix Systems
+        /// Use this for where it's absolutely necessary to implement platform specific stuff
+        /// ( like the ODE library :P
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string ReadEtcIssue()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("/etc/issue.net");
+                string issue = sr.ReadToEnd();
+                sr.Close();
+                return issue;
+            }
+            catch (System.Exception)
+            {
+                return "";
+            }
+
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 52d08229ee..c1c6fe9f79 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -282,14 +282,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             m_statsReporter.OnSendStatsResult += SendSimStatsPackets;
             MainLog.Instance.Verbose("PLATFORM", System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToString());
             MainLog.Instance.Verbose("PLATFORM", System.Environment.OSVersion.ToString());
-            try
+            string etcreturn = Util.ReadEtcIssue();
+            if (etcreturn.Contains("Debian"))
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.Verbose("PLATRORM", "TERM:" + System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TERM"));
-            }
-            catch (System.Exception)
-            {
-                MainLog.Instance.Verbose("PLATFORM", "No TERM Environment Variable");
+                MainLog.Instance.Verbose("PLATFORM", "Found Debian!");
             }
+            
         }
 
         #endregion