Cinnamon 1.4 Mint’s Cinnamon Desktop
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more »Video Acceleration with VA-API Implementing video acceleration on intel chips with the video Acceleration API
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more »On the DVD: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS This month's DVD
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more »Alexandria Library Manager Manage your book collection with the Alexandria collection manager
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more »On the DVD: Ultimate Edition 3.2 This Month's DVD
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more »Calligra: The Other Office Suite Narrows the Gap
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more »Blue Systems to Sponsor Kubuntu
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more »Gnome 3.4 Released
Apr 04, 2012Gnome 3.4 offers new features, updates, a multitude of bug fixes, and other minor improvements.
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