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  The Ultimate Gnome - American History Information Guide and Reference
According to Paracelsus, gnomes are the most important of the elemental spirits of the element of earth.
Gnomes appear in the German fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.
In Fairy tales the gnome is usually a creature living deep underground and guarding buried treasure, resembling a small gnarled old man. Accordingly Swiss bankers are sometimes referred to as the Gnomes of Zurich.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Gnome   (707 words)

  
 Gnome Encyclopedia Article @ MagicBeasts.com (Magic Beasts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Individual gnomes are not very often detailed or featured as characters in stories, but in Attention Deficit Disorder, France, the lord over the biodynamic agriculture, was sometimes referred to as a mountain gnome.
Gnomes have become controversial in serious gardening circles in the UK, and are banned from the prestigious Paracelsus as the organisers claim that they detract from the garden designs.
In Dorothy Gale, the Gnomes are small, brown dirt-like earth elementals found in Goldsand Dunes; they attack using the horns on the top of their heads.
www.magicbeasts.com /encyclopedia/Gnome   (2434 words)

  
 Gnome
According to Paracelsus, gnomes are the most important of the elemental spirits of the classical element earth, and they move as easily through the earth as humans walk upon it.
Gnomes feature in the legends of many of central, northern and eastern European lands by other names: a kaukis is a Prussian gnome, and barbegazi are gnome-like creatures with big feet in the traditions of France and Switzerland.
Gnomes and Secrets of the Gnomes by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet are illustrated guidebooks to the fictional creatures, and resulted in a spin-off animated series David the Gnome.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Gnome.php   (1211 words)

  
 php-deluxe.net - description GNOME
GNOME is the official desktop of the GNU Project and the correct pronunciation of the name is guh-nome.
The GNOME desktop itself is licensed under the LGPL for its libraries, and the GPL for applications that are part of the GNOME project itself.
Although GNOME applications can be written in many programming languages, the GNOME desktop itself and the applications that are part of a GNOME release are currently written purely in C. There is considerable discussion over the inclusion of applications written in other, higher level, languages such as C#, Python and Java.
www.php-deluxe.net /encyclopedia,index.page,GNOME.htm   (1759 words)

  
 Gnome
In certain traditions and certain kinds of magickal practice, gnomes are elemental spirits of the element of earth.
Gnomes are often represented in small ornamental statues called garden gnomes, a German tradition.
In myth the gnome is usually a creature living deep underground and guarding buried treasure, resembling a small gnarled old man. This is clearly not a friendly nickname and no insult is meant by including it here.
www.knowledgefun.com /book/g/gn/gnome.html   (258 words)

  
 gnomes
Individual gnomes are not very often detailed or featured as characters in stories, but in Germanic folklore, Rubezahl, lord over the underworld, was sometimes referred to as a mountain gnome.
Some kidnapped garden gnomes have been sent on trips around the world passed from person to person and photographed at famous landmarks, with the photos being returned to the owner; this practice is featured in the 2001 French film, Amélie and in the Travelocity comercials of the Roaming Gnome.
The gnomes are described as "small and leathery looking, with a large, knobby, bald head exactly like a potato." They also have "horny little feet" and "razor sharp teeth." They live in holes in the ground called "gnome holes."
www.drinformer.com /Gi-to-Go/gnomes.php   (1243 words)

  
 Gnome - CompWisdom
GNOME is part of the GNU project, and it is free software (some people call this open-source software), created for the people by the people.
GNOME is Free Software and part of the GNU project, dedicated to giving users and developers the ultimate level of control over their desktops, their software, and their data.
GNOME Hacks is a repository for all those little tricks that people have worked out that do something useful or cool with their GNOME Desktop.
www.compwisdom.com /topics/GNOME   (2923 words)

  
 GNOME superpage - nome
A number of language bindings are available, allowing GNOME applications to be written in a variety of languages, such as C++, Java, Ruby, C#, Python, Perl and many others.
Although each of these languages is already used to develop GNOME applications, their use in core GNOME applications would force the inclusion of the respective language's virtual machine with every GNOME installation.
The process of downloading the source code, compiling and installing the entire GNOME desktop manually is a laborious and time-consuming process, and a number of build-scripts (such as "jhbuild") are used to automate it.
www.dotcompa.com /GIMP/GNOME.php   (1785 words)

  
 This article is about the mythical creatures For alternate meanings...
In certain traditions and certain kinds of magick magickal practice, gnomes are elemental spirits of the element element of earth earth.
Gnomes are often represented in small ornamental statues called "garden gnomes", a German German tradition.
Gnomes also feature in Terry Pratchett's Terry Pratchett's Discworld Discworld novels, where they are also called goblins goblins.
www.biodatabase.de /Gnome   (217 words)

  
 Gnome - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Lawn Gnome that runs John Deere tractors.
The Underpants gnomes that serve as Victoria Secret's in-house accounting system.
Their plans to use a Marcus were though however thwarted when the gnome inside the Tea-cup drowned, which left the Markus helpless to being attacked with flaming goats that were hurled from inside the magic tower of Woodtown.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Gnome   (133 words)

  
 GNOME - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GNOME 2.16 screenshot showing the Nautilus file manager and the gedit text editor
In place of the Qt toolkit, GTK+ was chosen as the base of the GNOME desktop.
GNOME is designed around the traditional computing desktop metaphor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GNOME   (2417 words)

  
 Download GNOME 2.13.4, Full and Free GNOME Software Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The GNOME 2.6 Desktop and Platform release is the latest version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment.
The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application development framework for software developers.
FreeBSD GNOME News The major components of GNOME are the GNOME desktop, a straightforward window-based desktop environment, and the GNOME development platform, a collection of application.
www.jccwd.com /download/29416-gnome-2-13-4.html   (348 words)

  
 Gnome (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GNOME a desktop environment for computers running Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
Gnome Engine Company — an early 20th Century aircraft engine manufacturer.
Gnome (comics) — Doctor Horst Kleinmann, a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics series Nightmask
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gnomes   (286 words)

  
 Download GNOME 2.14.0, Full and Free GNOME Software Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Currently this means GNOME applications and many other GTK+ applications about building a DOAP-based software map for GNOME, and the Apache Projects site provides a very useful.
GNOME 2.12 is the latest version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment, providing all the tools a user needs for everyday work, and a platform for developers to write new software.
The major components of GNOME are the GNOME desktop, a straightforward window-based desktop environment, and the GNOME development platform, a collection of application.
www.jccwd.com /download/35462-gnome-2-14-0.html   (321 words)

  
 GNOME
The GNOME project (for GNU Network Object Model Environment) is an international effort to create an easy-to-use computer desktop environment built entirely from software considered free by the Free Software Foundation.
GNOME is the official desktop of the GNU Project.
Nautilus changes to a spatial file manager, and a new GTK file dialog is introduced.
www.culturecentric.com /Unix-G/GNOME.php   (2062 words)

  
 Gran hits burglar with garden gnome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Click for mousetrap gnome German Garden Gnome ('der Gartenzwerg') was made in concentrations of garden gnomes in the world.
gnomes are not very often detailed or featured Junior Garden Gnomes Garden Gnomes Stories and Resources garden gnomes he produces by the dozen in Gnome Facts These gnomes (Farm and House) are good-natured, always
Garden Gnomes are delightful garden gnome lore, the less secure I feel legitimate political wing of the subversive Garden Gnome
garden.homegardenclub.net /garden_gnome/click.html   (388 words)

  
 Gnomes, Sprites, Sculpture, Statues, Statuary, Yard Art, Garden Decor at Garden Gifts Galore
Some kidnapped garden gnomes have been sent on trips around the world passed from person to person and photographed at famous landmarks, with the photos being returned to the owner; this practice is featured in the 2001 French film, Amélie and in the Travelocity commercials of the Roaming Gnome.
Gnome garden dwarf Welcome Statue sign elf yard decor $24.99
mama gnome with son in her arms, and broom knome $17.55
gardengiftsgalore.com /gnomes_sprites.htm   (1205 words)

  
 Search results: garden gnome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Wide selection of Gnomes including Holiday, Gardening and other Gnome
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Find Garden gnome and more at Lycos Search.
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