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It's much easier under kde unless I am missing something obvious with Ubuntu and gnome which is quite possible because I am new to gnome.

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  1. noun One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground and guard treasure hoards.
  2. noun In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has earth as its element.
  3. noun A pithy saying that expresses a general truth or fundamental principle; an aphorism.

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  • She would never be mistaken for a gnome, and a tree was hardly her style. —  Question Quest
  • It's much easier under kde unless I am missing something obvious with Ubuntu and gnome which is quite possible because I am new to gnome. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • From his pointed little ears, flowing white beard, to his crossed feet clad in little black work books; this gnome is a study in concentration. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Then the gnome was again set free and the peasant made his fortune by the transaction Wouldn't it be delightful if such things could ever happen here?" —  Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
  • He was a gnome, and when his malicious eyes gleamed with delight they shot out a burning ray, which scorched the hound who was lying asleep close at hand, and he sprang up and barked at him Peace, peace, Rhan!" —  The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales
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  1. French, from New Latin gnomus.
  2. Greek gnōmē, from gignōskein, to know; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin gnome, a sentence, maxim, from Greek γνώμη, thought, judgment, intelligence, a thought, a judgment, an opinion, a maxim, from γιγνώσκειν, γνῶναι = Latin noscere, know, = English know: see know.
  2. = D. G. Danish Swedish gnom, from French gnome = Spanish Portuguese Italian gnomo, a gnome, a factitious name, (by Paracelsus?) apparently taken from Greek γνώμη, thought, intelligence, or γνώμων, one that knows or examines, an inspector or guardian: see gnome, gnomon.
 

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