{"id":987,"date":"2013-10-11T17:38:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberelk.net\/tim\/?p=987"},"modified":"2014-05-20T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:06:41","slug":"did-someone-say-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberelk.net\/tim\/2013\/10\/11\/did-someone-say-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Did someone say&#8230; &#8220;Alpha&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"installdvd\" src=\"https:\/\/cyberelk.net\/tim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/installdvd.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"98\" \/>Fedora 20 Alpha has been released, and I&#8217;d been putting off installing it because I know how troublesome an alpha release can be. 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