Actually it's a 'flavour' of Linux - what comes up on your screen when you boot? It should tell which Linux you're using on your pc. Gnome and KDE are X Windows desktops - like Windows XP, except you can run either one or the other or both (which I do) on one machine. :) You can also run everything from the command line if you so choose, which is not a choice available to a Windows user. Kat Original Message: ----------------- From: Rayna [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:32:57 +0800 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Is anyone else having this problem searching Google? <sob>!!! Ok, I'm really dumb, I know! Is 'distro' another term for 'version' - can't find the definition in any online dictionaries, I don't know what that term means. I'm running Gnome, thats all I know. I feel really stupid now ;-( Rayna Kathy wrote: > Which distro of Linux are you using: College Linux? Fedora Core? Mandriva? > CentrOS? Ubuntu? These all are very similar yet each has its own > idiosyncrancies. > > Kat > > On Monday 20 June 2005 6:15 am, Rayna wrote: > >>Ummmm, I know I should know what you mean by "distro", but I don't know, >>ya know? ;-) Pretend I'm a not very bright 2 year old when it comes to >>computers. Plus it's winter here and fuuuh-reezing cold and my brain is >>running backwards! Do you mean the version of Gnome? >> >>Rayna > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .