# About the general category

**URL:** https://community.openboxes.com/t/about-the-general-category/109
**Category:** general
**Created:** [October 16, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://community.openboxes.com/t/about-the-general-category/109 "2018-10-16T05:35:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![jmiranda](https://community.openboxes.com/user_avatar/community.openboxes.com/jmiranda/32/199_2.png) [@jmiranda](https://community.openboxes.com/u/jmiranda)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://community.openboxes.com/t/about-the-general-category/109/1 "2018-10-16T05:35:46Z")

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