Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/PlatformHookUnixoid.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/PlatformHookUnixoid.java	(revision 10378)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/PlatformHookUnixoid.java	(revision 10379)
@@ -209,5 +209,8 @@
             return "Debian".equalsIgnoreCase(dist) || "Ubuntu".equalsIgnoreCase(dist) || "Mint".equalsIgnoreCase(dist);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            Main.warn(e);
+            if (Main.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                // lsb_release is not available on all Linux systems, so don't log at warning level
+                Main.debug(e.getMessage());
+            }
             return false;
         }