does the gnome desktop use gksu for temporary root ?
 

Like in the kde desktop there is; "kdesu" for temporary root, such as to open a text to edit. So then does the gnome desktop use "gksu" for it's temporary root ? I now refer to a Fedora 11 install. And how can I change a utility tool to open up as a regular user, (not just only as root) ?

Quick answer to the gksu question: yes.
What utility tool(s)? What do you want to do?

Since your profile has Ubuntu listed as one of your distros, and since enabling the root account in Ubuntu is not recommended, you should use:
in Ubuntu to open graphical programs with super user access.
See this for more info:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo