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more »Gnome 2.23.5: Test Version with New Features
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more »Miguel de Icaza Criticizes Plans for Gtk+ 3
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more »Joint KDE/GNOME Conference and Eleven Myths about KDE 4
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more »Gnome and Gtk+ Moving Towards Version 3.0
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more »MANDRIVA 2008 SPRING
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