I was wondering, is there any differences between Debian Standard and GNOME versions? Isn't Debian under GNOME by default?
What's the difference between Debian Standard and Gnome?
debian;gnome;standard
There should really be a page somewhere explaining the heterogeneous nature of GNU/Linux for people coming from monolithic mainstream OS's like windows or OSX (maybe there is already and I don't know about it).  My point with heterogeneous vs. monolithic is that while windows and OSX are both essentially gigantic, singular pieces of integrated software, linux is a collection of pieces and often one piece can be interchanged with a different, parallel piece. Thus the final product varies a great deal; it is easy to end up with a system that may be completely unrecognizable to another linux user.Although linux is fine colloquially (that's how I was using it above), the proper name of the OS is actually GNU/Linux because linux is just the kernel (below, I use small l linux in the colloquial sense and capital L Linux to refer to just the kernel).  The fundamental userspace (native libraries, common unix tools) is a completely separate project usable with various unix-like kernels, including Linux, although Linux is by far the most popular one.Both GNU and Linux are publicly distributed as source code.  However, that's not much good to most people unless it is compiled into binary executable form.  Because that is a complex task, various pre-compiled GNU/Linux distributions exist, of which Debian is one.  Point being, Debian doesn't actually write most of the software in the distribution -- the GNU and Linux crew did.Distributions generally contain a lot more software than the kernel and fundamental userspace, however.  For example, the basic layer of the graphical desktop used on linux is the Xorg server. Xorg is another independent organization, and X is also used on other (unix-like) operating systems. X itself is a sort of minimal, behind-the-scenes entity from a user perspective.  It does not provide snazzy widget sets, etc; these come from a window manager (WM) and, optionally, a desktop environment (DE).There are a variety of DE's available for use with X on linux.  GNOME is one of them, and it is the default used by Debian.  GNOME is also a GNU project.  Note that you don't have to use GNOME with Debian, you could also use one of the other available DEs (and/or WMs).So to answer your question more specifically:Isn't Debian under Gnome by default ?No.  Debian is an independent organization, and Gnome is a project maintained by GNU, a separate independent organization.  Your version of Gnome was compiled from the GNU source code by Debian.