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[lubuntu] Abiword and 12.10 vs 12.10

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, Abiword is problematic in Lubuntu 12.04, but works well in 12.10 (same version, 2.9.2). Surely this means that the problem lies in 12.04 rather than Abiword. A (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 01/01/2013

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