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Sep 03, 2009The Mozilla Project has updated its roadmap for the coming versions of Firefox. The next big release, Firefox 4.0 with Geko1.9.4 underneath, is scheduled for the end of 2010.
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more »First Test Images of LXDE Lubuntu Available
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more »Free Software Projects An up-to-date overview of free software and its makers
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