Inspired by a quote from The Linux Kernel, by David A. Rusling, in the section "What is an Operating System?":
"Without software a computer is just a pile of electronics which gives off heat. If the hardware is the heart of a computer then the software is its soul."
Note, this one is huge (four times the recommended 10k limit) and consequently slow over a slow link. So bite me.
The individual images were once again created in the GIMP. The fade across on the last line was created with varying widths of the same gradient blend on each frame.
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