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Nokia is to buy Trolltech, the company whose Linux-based Qt application-development framework is at the core of many PC and mobile applications including Google Earth and Skype.
GNOME will receive long-term support in the next version of Ubuntu, but KDE will not.
KDE released a significantly revamped version of its Linux graphical interfaces software on Friday.
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