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+// Copyright 2016 The go-qemu Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func initDistro() string {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "windows":
+		return "windows"
+	case "macos":
+		return "macos"
+	case "linux":
+		// Detect the Linux distribution
+		distro := detectDistro()
+		if distro == "" {
+			fmt.Println("Unable to detect Linux distribution.")
+			distro = "fixme"
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("Detected distribution: %s\n", distro)
+		return distro
+	default:
+		return runtime.GOOS
+	}
+}
+
+// detectDistro returns the Linux distribution name (if possible)
+func detectDistro() string {
+	// Check if we're on Linux
+
+	// Try to read /etc/os-release to determine the distro
+	file, err := os.Open("/etc/os-release")
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "ID=") {
+			parts := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
+			if len(parts) == 2 {
+				return strings.Trim(parts[1], `"`)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}