I don't know about GNOME 2.32 specifically, but Debian Stable (At least until Wheezy becomes Stable.) still uses GNOME 2.
If you want to remain using a GNOME 2-like interface on a current-version Linux distribution, I recommend MATE. MATE is a fork of GNOME 2, pretty much exists because GNOME 3 is too far a departure from GNOME 2 for many people.
there are too many Gnome, unity, kde, ....
each distro has its own device manager for example in ubuntu can have GNOME Device Manager.You have to install GNOME Device Manager, to have a list of your installed hardware devices in a gui.or in a terminal in all distros you can have a look at :lspci or lsusb
There are many Linux distros. The most popular include; Debian which is 19 years old, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mageia and Mint Linux which uses the Cinnamon desktop interface.
This will vary from distribution to distribution. In most KDE distros, you can press Alt-F2, and then enter "konsole." In most distros that use GNOME, you can press Alt-F2 and enter "gnome-terminal".
There is no set file manager in linux. Examples of Linux file managers include but: Nautilus (GNOME) Thunar (XFCE) Dolphin (KDE)
i assume by gui, i assume you mean the window manager. gnome and kde are popular. i personally like to use xfce, the "cholesterol free desktop environment".
There are many desktop environments in linux. Most prominent would be: KDE Trinity - KDE fork (response to KDE 4.0 dissatisfaction) Gnome MATE - Gnome fork (response to Gnome 3.0 dissatisfaction) Cinnamon - Gnome fork (response to Gnome 3.0 dissatisfaction) Unity - Ubuntu's desktop environment (built on top of Gnome 3.0) XFCE LXDE There are many more. Also, there are window managers that have comparable functionality (ex. Enlightenment)
GNOME is the name of the desktop environment; it isn't any particular location. The GNOME desktop will typically appear once you log in. If you have multiple desktop environments installed, you can typically choose the one you want to use from the Options menu in the login screen.
There are several desktop environments for Linux currently in use. The most popular are GNOME and KDE.
GNOME and KDE.
It's a Linux desktop environment. Check out http://www.linux.com/feature/129080
Some of the Linux desktop environments that are available are: Unity, Cinnamon, Gnome, Sugar, Enlightenment, Mezzo, Xfce, Xmonad, KDE, MATE, LXDE, and ROX.