We know there are a lot of people out there who love Firefox (including us here at Pingdom), so here is a whole bunch of really nice Firefox-themed wallpapers that you can adorn your desktop with.

Even if you’re for some reason not allowed to run Firefox at work (some companies have strange policies), perhaps you’re allowed to set your desktop background and make a statement?

(We figured it was time to promote Firefox a bit here to repent for our SaveIE6 campaign, even though it was a joke…)

Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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Full size version can be found here.
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We hope you liked this little selection of what we think are some of the coolest Firefox-themed desktop backgrounds we’ve seen.

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