{"id":15856,"date":"2011-11-05T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15856"},"modified":"2011-11-05T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T08:14:43","slug":"fedora-16-dedicated-to-denis-ritchie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/05\/fedora-16-dedicated-to-denis-ritchie\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora 16 dedicated to Dennis Ritchie"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/fedorapeople.org\/groups\/docs\/release-notes\/en-US\/sect-Dedication.html\">release notes of Fedora 16<\/a> (work in progress), this release of the popular Linux distribution is dedicated to Dennis Ritchie, who <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/13\/dennis-ritchie-rip\/\">passed away recently<\/a>.  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