Hi there. I am a staunch fan and faithful user of kanotix right now, but close enough to knoppix that I still hang here (think kissing cousin, a wee bit more debian, that's all

Have been on a regular update/upgradefest here. I run a 2.4.x kernel, do have a knoppix cd that I have played with 2.6 on. Disappointed (in 2.6, not knoppix).

Anyhow, I am also a kde fanatic. If you gonna go GUI you might as well pull out all the stops But have been thinking about gnome lately. (yes, have run icewm and kind of liked it - also toying with the windowmaker). I was considering apt-getting the whole gnome lot. Thing is, I have seen a lot of posts in other linux forums that gnome may be a teensy bit possessive, some folks anyway have found it trying to take over the whole shebang.

Any experience among you in this area willing to lay some of your wisdom on me? I want to play with Gnome, NOT let it take over. KDE has behaved itself pretty well, I can put in an app or two without a major freakout and the only takeover it ever tried was KOffice over Open office (actually did like KO better, started faster) Anyhow, please give me the benefit of your thoughts and of your experience going about trying out gnome on a debian based install knoppix or kanotix. Much appreciated.