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Fedora 18 finally makes beta

The final release of Fedora 18, which was named code-named “Spherical Cow,” is now set for Jan. 8, 2013, almost two months after the original ship date, and about seven months after the release of Fedora 17.

Given the sensitive nature of Anaconda, to install a new OS on a machine while keeping all the user’s data intact, the Fedora team wanted to make sure everything worked correctly, Bergeron said.

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