A gnome's a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean free lifestyle. GNOME's a desktop environment software for computers running Linux and Unix-like operating systems. Gnome or GNOME may also mean: Gnome's one of the eight elemental spirits featured in the Mana series. He represents the earth element. Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons), a race in Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Gnome (Dragonlance), a spin-off of the Dungeons & Dragons gnome Gnome (rhetoric)… (More on Gnomes)