Use /etc/os-release as alternative when lsb_release is not available #2630
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Extract the OS/release information
This is not 100% doable with /etc/os-release only. The Debian difference between Release & Codename is not shown in the official containers for example. See: https://hub.docker.com/_/debian
Closes: #2563.