mysql -u user -p -e 'SQL Query' database
Most Linux OS's walk you through dual booting. Choose your prefered Linux OS and burn it to a disc and run it. You could also partition your hard drive from the XP side and create a space for your Linux OS to run in. If you are new to Linux, it is recomended to run the OS without actually installing it, that way you can get the feel of Linux without completely installing it.
Android is a Linux OS
No, Opera's servers run on Linux.
You cannot install linux on a Chromebook, you can only run it as a chroot.
you can use any program that supports ssh (secure shell) in windows you have putty and in mac os you use terminal to do that
what is the role of suseconfig is suse os configuration
No, Linux is simply the operating system running on the hardware, much in the same way that you could run Windows or another OS on the same hardware.
It already can. There are some fax machines on the market with linux drivers. There is also linux based software that can run a computer-based fax (many fax servers run on Linux). There are also online fax services that will work on Linux through the web browser (they don't run "on the os" but they are fully browser-friendly).
knoppix could probably run on that, but it is primarily a live disk os, so it might have issues if you want to use it as a desktop or server
Yes, Linux is like an operating system much like Windows OS or Mac OS. Linux is kind of like a community of Operating Systems. A popular OS from Linux is Ubuntu.
SQL server is a database developed by the Microsoft corporation. The database is built to exclusively work on Microsoft Operating systems like Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista etc. It works on all Windows based platforms, but it does depend on the Edition of SQL Server you are going to implement. For example you can run SQL Server Express on Windows Server, but you cannot run SQL Server Enterprise on Windows XP. It will only run on Windows Server systems.
Usually some distribution of Linux. Go to NASA's supercomputing section of their website and you will see that their 2 supercomputers run SUSE Linux. There are other examples, but historically Unix or Linux are most popular.