In the software release life cycle, general availability (GA) refers to the marketing phase when all "practical" developmental activities pertaining to the Linux distribution have been completed. At this point, the distribution is allegedly or hopefully available for production usage.
Final development activities encompass compliance and security tests, as well as localization and publishing an iso image to the world via the internet.
General availability is a part of the release phase of a Linux distribution, in this case, Fedora 32, and is preceded by the release candidate (RC) phase.
General availability is also known as a "Production Release."
This term and abbreviation is commonly used by software developers, and the GA release is highly anticipated by fans of that distribution.
Although, many Linux users will wait till the dust settles, and instead install an iso image later on, after the early adopters have posted positive reviews, or just wait for the first round of updates.
Feel free to correct or reword that, as I took the liberty to try to water it down.
D.L.
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