diff --git a/lib/osinfo.js b/lib/osinfo.js
index 2657afe..6682f9b 100644
--- a/lib/osinfo.js
+++ b/lib/osinfo.js
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
 // 3. Operating System
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const nodeUtil = require('util');
+const os = require('os');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const util = require('./util');
 const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
-const execPromise = nodeUtil.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
-const os = require('os');
-const util = require('./util');
-const fs = require('fs');
+const execPromise = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
 
 let _platform = process.platform;
 
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ function osInfo(callback) {
             result.build = util.getValue(lines, 'BuildNumber', '=').trim();
             result.servicepack = util.getValue(lines, 'ServicePackMajorVersion', '=').trim() + '.' + util.getValue(lines, 'ServicePackMinorVersion', '=').trim();
             result.codepage = util.getCodepage();
-            const systeminfo = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].stdout.toString() : '';
+            const systeminfo = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].toString() : '';
             result.hypervisor = (systeminfo.indexOf('hypervisor has been detected') !== -1) || (systeminfo.indexOf('Es wurde ein Hypervisor erkannt') !== -1) || (systeminfo.indexOf('Un hyperviseur a ') !== -1);
             isUefiWindows().then(uefi => {
               result.uefi = uefi;
diff --git a/lib/system.js b/lib/system.js
index 4a4c3fa..03f8cac 100644
--- a/lib/system.js
+++ b/lib/system.js
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
 // 2. System (Hardware, BIOS, Base Board)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const nodeUtil = require('util');
-const exec = require('child_process').exec;
-const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
-const execPromise = nodeUtil.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
 const fs = require('fs');
 const os = require('os');
 const util = require('./util');
+const exec = require('child_process').exec;
+const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
+const execPromise = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
 
 let _platform = process.platform;
 
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ function baseboard(callback) {
         util.promiseAll(
           workload
         ).then(data => {
-          let lines = data.results[0] ? data.results[0].stdout.toString().split('\n') : [''];
+          let lines = data.results[0] ? data.results[0].toString().split('\n') : [''];
           result.manufacturer = util.getValue(lines, 'Manufacturer');
           result.model = util.getValue(lines, 'Product Name');
           result.version = util.getValue(lines, 'Version');
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ function baseboard(callback) {
           if (result.assetTag.toLowerCase().indexOf('o.e.m.') !== -1) { result.assetTag = '-'; }
 
           // mem
-          lines = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].stdout.toString().split('\n') : [''];
+          lines = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].toString().split('\n') : [''];
           result.memMax = util.toInt(util.getValue(lines, 'Maximum Capacity')) * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 || null;
           result.memSlots = util.toInt(util.getValue(lines, 'Number Of Devices')) || null;
 
@@ -639,7 +638,7 @@ function baseboard(callback) {
         util.promiseAll(
           workload
         ).then(data => {
-          let lines = data.results[0] ? data.results[0].stdout.toString().replace(/[<>"]/g, '').split('\n') : [''];
+          let lines = data.results[0] ? data.results[0].toString().replace(/[<>"]/g, '').split('\n') : [''];
           result.manufacturer = util.getValue(lines, 'manufacturer', '=', true);
           result.model = util.getValue(lines, 'model', '=', true);
           result.version = util.getValue(lines, 'version', '=', true);
@@ -647,9 +646,9 @@ function baseboard(callback) {
           result.assetTag = util.getValue(lines, 'board-id', '=', true);
 
           // mem
-          let devices = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].stdout.toString().split('        BANK ') : [''];
+          let devices = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].toString().split('        BANK ') : [''];
           if (devices.length === 1) {
-            devices = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].stdout.toString().split('        DIMM') : [''];
+            devices = data.results[1] ? data.results[1].toString().split('        DIMM') : [''];
           }
           devices.shift();
           result.memSlots = devices.length;
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 11b403c..00debc9 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -871,6 +871,34 @@ function promiseAll(promises) {
     });
 }
 
+function promisify(nodeStyleFunction) {
+  return function () {
+    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+      args.push(function (err, data) {
+        if (err) {
+          reject(err);
+        } else {
+          resolve(data);
+        }
+      });
+      nodeStyleFunction.apply(null, args);
+    });
+  };
+}
+
+function linuxVersion() {
+  let result = '';
+  if (_linux) {
+    try {
+      result = execSync('uname -v').toString();
+    } catch (e) {
+      result = '';
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 function noop() { }
 
 exports.toInt = toInt;
@@ -901,6 +929,8 @@ exports.sanitizeShellString = sanitizeShellString;
 exports.isPrototypePolluted = isPrototypePolluted;
 exports.decodePiCpuinfo = decodePiCpuinfo;
 exports.promiseAll = promiseAll;
+exports.promisify = promisify;
+exports.linuxVersion = linuxVersion;
 exports.stringReplace = stringReplace;
 exports.stringToLower = stringToLower;
 exports.stringToString = stringToString;