Provided the deal is accepted by members of the fractious House and the Senate, the removal of a major source of uncertainty could spark a rally on Wall Street.

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Enter Spark, a seven-inch slate that comes running the Plasma Active UX, an open-source OS based on Linux kernel, KDE's multi-platform Plasma environment and a dash of Qt for good measure.

ENGADGET: Meet Spark, the 200 euro slate packing Linux-based Plasma Active UX