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author: einar
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date: 2009-01-25 16:22:38+00:00
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layout: page
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slug: hello-planet-kde
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title: Hello Planet KDE
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wordpress_id: 527
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categories:
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- KDE
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tags:
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- KDE
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- Linux
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If everything has gone correctly, my blog should be on PlanetKDE now. That means it's time for an introduction for those readers. My name is Luca Beltrame, I'm a biotechnologist doing bioinformatics in the life sciences areas, and I'm a Free Software user/enthusiast since many years.
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I've been using KDE since 1.0 or so (if memory serves me well), but only recently, with the 4.x line of development, I've been trying to actually contribute a bit back to the project. Since I'm just a Python learner at the moment (I use Python a lot where I work, but it's just text manipulation), I thought there were other areas I could contribute to. Currently, I maintain the [Plasma FAQ](http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma), and I've been working together with Simon Edwards for some [Python Plasma tutorials](http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma).
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In more recent times, I entered the [KDE Forums](http://forum.kde.org) staff as a mentor (and all-around writer) and helped students with the second Kourse of the forum, namely [Plasma screencasts]({{ site.url }}/2009/01/kourse-2-first-finished-screencast). In the past I have done [a few Plasma screencasts myself](http://www.youtube.com/cswegger) in the past.
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That's all for now. I'll try to blog mostly on KDE Forum related matters, with "opinion" pieces every now and then.
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