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Ticked off at the latest revamp of KDE, Linux progenitor Linus Torvalds has switched to GNOME. Apparently he thought KDE 4.0 was a "disaster" and "half-baked". Harsh words indeed.
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Updated code for the heart of current Linux products was released Friday, in the first major revamp to the kernel since November.
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