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Kate 3.0b shows off Linux with a mission

TECHGAGE looks at a new beta for a distro of Linux release by a team of Polish programmers, called Kate. Very colourful and running Xfce4 to display the desktop. Although a lightweight distro, it comes with Open Office, The Gimp, Super Tux and more. The attention getter is updateos, a very easy way to upadte the entire system.