{"id":16266,"date":"2012-05-02T13:44:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16266"},"modified":"2012-05-02T13:44:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:44:22","slug":"fedora-18-spherical-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/02\/fedora-18-spherical-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora 18 : Spherical Cow"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>First, <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.fedoraproject.org\/pipermail\/announce\/2012-April\/003067.html\">the source<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre>Thank you to everyone who participated in voting for the Fedora 18\r\nrelease name. 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