Several ways to get the Linux Version from differenct aspects:
1. uname -a
Linux SUSE64 3.0.13-0.27-default #1
SMP Wed Feb 15 13:33:49 UTC 2012 (d73692b) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
2. cat /proc/verison
Linux version 3.0.13-0.27-default
(gcc version 4.3.4 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP
3. cat /etc/issue
Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64) - Kernel \r (\l).
4. lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:
core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0- amd64:
graphics-2.0-noarch: graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:
graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
Release: 11
Codename: n/a