05.18.09
Gnote Enters Ubuntu GNU/Linux (Karmic)
Summary: Gnote makes it into a popular GNU/Linux distribution
Gnote, a Mono-free replacement for Tomboy, has already entered Fedora and Debian. Now it is also in Ubuntu.
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