> Can you ship with your own version of GNOME different from the currently running one? I'm confused. GNOME is a desktop environment. It implements a task bar,

> Can you ship with your own version of GNOME different from the currently running one? I'm confused. GNOME is a desktop environment. It implements a task bar, a control panel, a way to set your desktop wallpaper etc. Why would you ship GNOME? Maybe you meant shipping a proprietary application that uses a GTK version that is different than the OS-provided GNOME uses? If so, of course you can. GTK is a bunch of shared objects that generate system calls, X messages, etc. It has no reason to interfere with the OS-provided GTK as long as it's got everything it needs in your bundle.