One can find which version of Linux is running on a computer by using the LSB tool. One may need to download the LSB tool because it isn't installed by default on every computer.
Linux.
A server that runs an operating system based on the Linux kernel.
Android is a Linux based operating system means you are already running Linux over your smart device ! And you can switch Android with some other Linux version !
It is a CD the has some form of Linux, an operating system for your computer (Microsoft Windows is an operating system). There are CDs of Linux that are just used to install Linux, or there are LiveCDs that you just put in and reboot. Linux will be running without effecting the rest of the computer.
You can install and run Microsoft Office in Linux, yes. You will need to install it separately, however; you can't just run the programs off your Windowspartition in Linux.
Use Synaptic to install aMSN. There is no official version of MSN for Linux.
No. Any machine that is capable of running Windows 7 is equally capable of running Linux; thus virtually every computer is "Linux ready." Depending on your specific needs, Linux can be run on far less powerful and cheaper hardware than Windows 7 can.
Kindle Fire HDs use a customized version of Android, which is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel with a non-GNU userland.
The best solution is this command (actually two in one): uname -a && cat /etc/*release The first part of the command tells you the version of the Linux kernel that is running. The second part of the command tells you the name of the distribution, like "Red Hat Enterprise Linux X.X". When asked this same question, most people only answer the first part, which is not always what the user needs to know.
Hat aphase support the Linux version?
Computer professionals that are running a dedicated webserver use dedicated Linux servers. Linux servers are currently the most widely used server operating systems in the world.
These are separate and unrelated tasks. To check the version of the running kernel in Linux, use the command uname -r. To upgrade the kernel, either use your distro's package manager (if any) to update the system, or download and compile the Linux kernel source.