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title: "About"
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I'm known online as **redstrate**, and I create things to fill my own niche. I program, draw, and occasionally make bad music and edit videos. I'm a contributor to open source projects, and also a [KDE](https://kde.org) developer and [KDE e.V.](https://ev.kde.org) member. In my free time, I like to cook and study languages (real world and programming ones!) Of course, also play way too many video games!

I like developing software that I would personally use, and it also fills a niche or problem that either isn't adequately solved, or maybe just want to learn how to do it myself. My languages of choice usually are [C](/software/tags/c), [C++](/software/tags/cplusplus), and [Rust](/software/tags/rust) - and that's what you'll find most of the projects using!

Drawing has been a hobby of mine ever since childhood, and I try to draw when I can. I have a complete collection of my art I've created in [my gallery]({{< ref "art" >}}). I'm not a professional artist so my schedule tends to be erratic. My preferred software is [Krita](https://krita.org) and [Blender](https://blender.org). I also like to animate, but I don't really have the time to sit down and do it.

I also like to administrate my own servers, and that's what's hosting the website you're reading right now! You can find more details about this setup below.

# Languages

English is my first language, but currently learning two new languages. Here is my current progress:

*Japanese*: &#9733; &#9734; &#9734; &#9734; &#9734;

*German*: &#9733; &#9734; &#9734; &#9734; &#9734;

# Machines

| Name     | Purpose        | Model                | Operating System |
|----------|----------------|----------------------|------------------|
| Adrastea | Workstation    | N/A                  | Fedora Linux     |
| Amalthea | Old macOS Laptop     | Macbook Pro 16" 2018 | macOS            |
| Thinkpad | Old Linux Laptop | Thinkpad X230        | Fedora Linux     |
| Thinkpad (lol) | Current Laptop | Lenovo Yoga 6 | Fedora Linux |
| Rhea     | Server         | AX41-NVMe            | Gentoo Linux     |

As you can probably tell, I like working with [Linux](https://kernel.org/), and using alternative operating systems in general. My preferred desktop environment is [KDE](https://kde.org) and I prefer using [Fedora Linux](https://getfedora.org) and [Gentoo](https://gentoo.org/).