You can use KDE apps in Gnome and vis versa.
As I said Suse uses a their own kernel. It is not based on any other distro.
It is lunix still.
some times clitch are fix right away and does not effect the kernel. If the
clitch is going to affect the kernel. The update will be slow up coming.
Remember people who write for Ubuntu or Bug fix it. Do it for free or there is
come cash at times.