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+title: 2.0.0-rc0 released
+date: 2017-07-24
+author: bm
+---
+
+It's been quite a while since the last release...
+But we are happy to announce that we've just tagged 
+the first release candidate for 2.0.0 . The pre-created
+tar archive can be found on http://pub.freerdp.com/releases/ and
+here is the link to the github release page:
+https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/2.0.0-rc0
+
+This is a pre-release of the upcoming 2.0.0 release. There will
+be more release candidates before the final release. If you are interested
+in the open issues for -rc1 have a look at 
+https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.0-rc1
+
+Until 2.0.0 is released some minor changes in the ABI/API might still happen but we try to keep them to a minimum.
+
+Since our latest stable release a lot of changes were done. We put
+a lot of effort into making the FreeRDP libraries and client more
+stable and secure.
+
+For 2.0.0 the main target platforms are Android, Linux, and Windows.
+iOS and Mac are still supported and we make sure that the library and
+client compile but due to the lack of man power we are current not actively
+improving those architectures. 
+
+# What to expect in the future?
+
+This are the plans for future releases (starting with 2.0.0):
+
+* one "major" release (where master is branched to stable) each year
+* at least one minor release of the stable version (bug and security fixes)
+* a released version will be supported for two years (one year bug and security fixes and one year
+  security fixes only)