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-Release of LyX version 2.0.0 (release candidate 1)
+Release of LyX version 2.0.0 (release candidate 2)
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-We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 2.0.0.
+We are pleased to announce the second release candidate of LyX 2.0.0.
 
-Since the last beta releases became stable enough for a regular work
-we switched to release candidate, freezed new development and focused
-on bugfixing to make the final release even more polished.
+Due to the numerous requests we added more sets of toolbar icons (based on
+Oxygen and LibreOffice themes) which can be easily changed in preferences.
 
 The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
 to the current stable releases (LyX 1.6). We strongly recommend to read