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+KVIrc 5.0.0 Beta 1
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+KVIRC 5.0.0 Beta 1 was released
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+Pragma
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+<p>
+After some years and a couple of alpha releases we now have a beta of 5.0.0.
+Well.. it's marked "beta" but you'll probably find it pretty much stable.
+</p>
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+<p>
+Grab the sources from <a href="ftp://ftp.kvirc.net/pub/kvirc/5.0.0-beta1/source/kvirc-5.0.0-beta1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.kvirc.net/pub/kvirc/5.0.0-beta1/source/kvirc-5.0.0-beta1.tar.bz2</a>.
+Binary packages in various forms are available <a href="https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc/wiki/Downloading-KVIrcs-nightly-source-or-binaries">here</a>. Please note
+that the binaries may be marked with the internal version 4.9.3.
+</p>
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+<p>
+Several people have worked on the codebase and ultimately on this release.
+Many of them hang daily around #kvirc@Freenode. <b>Come and say hi! :)</b>
+</p>
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+<br>
+<p>
+Happy New Year and Have Fun on IRC! :)<br>
+<i>The KVIrc Development Team</i>
+</p>