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Version: 0.10.3
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Google Desktop is a very useful application, allowing you to quickly find files on your computer (or in your email inbox or on the internet, for that matter), and including a sidebar where you can put little gadgets and things. And it’s cross-platform, meaning pretty much anybody can use it. The Linux version, however, has two shortcomings: it’s closed-source, and it doesn’t contain the sidebar-and-gadgets stuff.

But today’s program solves for both of those!
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An important part of pretty much everyone’s Linux system is a graphical windowing manager, with or without an attendant desktop environment — and, just like with every other aspect of open source computing, there’s many different options to choose from. Nearly everyone knows about Gnome and KDE, and statistics show that about 75% of Linux folks use one or the other. But there are many many other worthy environments available, some of which are downright awesome.

Like, for instance, Awesome.
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