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GNOME finally pays some attention to users

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http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open SourceThe GNOME Desktop project has decided to offer users a set of extensions so that they can revert their desktops back to the style of GNOME 2.0. (IT news)

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