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more »Debian Celebrates 15th Birthday
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more »Linux Desktop Update: KDE 4.1 Released
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more »Gnome 2.23.5: Test Version with New Features
Jul 28, 2008Version 2.23.5 of the Gnome Linux desktop gives a preview of version 2.24, which is scheduled for release in September.
more »Miguel de Icaza Criticizes Plans for Gtk+ 3
Jul 17, 2008At first, plans for Gtk+ 3 were considered unnecessary – the developers themselves considered the 2.x version mature enough – now, some developers are toying with the idea of developing Gtk+ 3. Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza comments on and criticizes the developments in his blog.
more »Joint KDE/GNOME Conference and Eleven Myths about KDE 4
Jul 16, 2008KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation will be holding their annual Akademy and GUADEC conferences jointly next year in Gran Canaria.
more »Gnome and Gtk+ Moving Towards Version 3.0
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more »Mozilla Lightning Mozilla Thunderbird calendar add-on
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