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I like playing with software and use a lot of it. I am planning to write a bit about the software I like and use most. I do have a windows machine, but most of the time I use Kubuntu — the KDE version of Ubuntu — and Cloudready — a version of Chrome OS that can be installed on older equipment. The software here reflects this.

for file in *.png; do convert $file -virtual-pixel none +distort Perspective '0,0,0,0 200,0,175,25 0,200,0,200 200,200,175,175' $file.perspective.png; done

convert -size 210x210 xc:none -page 200x200+5+5 ../background.png -page 200x200+5+5 acroread.png -background none -layers flatten aaa.png

KDE

Monday, July 2nd
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Kandalf
Kandalf the KDE mascot
I have been using the K Desktop Environment (KDE) since the mascot was Kandalf, and Kandalf retired in 2002. In those days, my main distro had been Red Hat Linux, then Mandrake Linux, then, when Ubuntu made a Debian distro that didn't need magic incantations to install, Kub...