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“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the most exciting beta release of Drupal yet, Drupal 5.0 beta 1! It fizzes and it whizzes so grab a copy of it!

It comes with many new features, including a web-based install system, improved administration tools, and a shiny new theme! There are also tons of under-the-hood improvements, such as the inclusion of the jQuery JavaScript library, node access system improvements (ACL), and many improvements to the Form API.

Getting this beta nice and stable is essential to releasing Drupal 5.0, and to do so we need your help!”

To find out how, and to get a copy of Drupal 5.0 beta 1, please read the release announcement.