GNOME 2.0

Launched in June, 2002: Widely regarded as most stable GNOME release ever

Followed by three stable point releases in five months, fixing over one thousand bugs in core Desktop and Developer Platform software

Vastly improved internationalisation and translations
Unicode support throughout
Complex script rendering using "Pango" technology, including Right-To-Left language support

Initial revision of accessibility framework for developers

Rock solid foundation for continued success of the project