The Lunduke Journal of Technology
The Lunduke Journal of Technology is a podcast that covers technology news, Linux, open source software, and the tech industry. Hosted by Bryan Lunduke, it offers commentary and analysis on current events in the tech world. The podcast aims to make computers fun again and is part of the Lunduke Substack publication.
Episodes
Ubuntu Sponsors Rust Clone Foundation
Canonical is the 1st Gold Sponsor (40,000 EUR) of the "Trifecta Tech Foundation", with the goal of replacing existing software with Rust based clones.Emacs, Vim, & Desqview/X Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public
Sony Says No More Physical PlayStation Games
"In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only."Emacs, Vim, & Desqview/X Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public epis
Git Without Rust From Dev of XLibre
Two days after Git 2.55 released, with a big step towards requiring Rust, he "Libre-WD40" project released "Git 2.55 without Rust".Emacs, Vim, & Desqview/X Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd l
BCacheFS Adding Rust Dependency Even Though "Rust doesn't have a stable ABI"
Strange decision from BCacheFS developer who believes his Al Chatbot is a fully sentient woman. "Don't call her a bot! She reeeally doesn't like [that]."Emacs & Vim Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetimeGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from
74 Million User Accounts Exposed in Breaches During June
Email, Physical Addresses, Purchases, Employment Records, the works. 74 Million. In one month.Emacs & Vim Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetimeGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public
Git Takes Another Step Towards Making Rust Mandatory
"With this v2.55 release the Rust compiler is required unless you explicitly disable it in the build system."Emacs & Vim Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetimeGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Th
Lunduke's Week in Tech : June 21 - June 27, 2026
Operating System Age Verification! Paid Web Browsers! Wikipedia Bannings! XLibre Success! XFCE & Wayland Bad Decisions! Plus: The Awesome FujiNet!The Article.Emacs & Vim Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetimeGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore
Emacs vs. Vim : The Lunduke Lifetime Walls
As Lunduke Journal subscribers race to add their names to the "Lifetime Walls of Shame", which will be the most popular? Emacs or Vim?Emacs & Vim Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetimeGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journa
Sony PlayStation Deleting Purchased Movies
Purchase "Terminator 2", "Evil Dead", or "Hot Fuzz" via Sony PlayStation?You can't watch those anymore. You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy.Ubuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Jo
XFCE's Wayland "Preview Release" is Horribly, Expectedly Broken
The XFCE Linux & BSD Desktop Environment has spent a "significant portion" of their funds porting from X11 to Wayland... even though Wayland is missing key functionality.Ubuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discount
XLibre, the "Vanity, Protest Fork" of Xorg, Has Yet Another Major New Release
Red Hat & Xorg tried to silence them, & GNOME leaders vandalized their wiki, calling them "Nazis". But XLibre 25.2 just released, containing more code commits than Xorg had for the entire year.Ubuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearl
Wikipedia Bans Wikipedia Co-Founder For Saying Wikipedia Should be Neutral
Larry Sanger, the Co-Founder of Wikipedia, has been "blocked indefinitely" after he proposed that Wikipedia include "Intellectual Diversity".Ubuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journ
Paid Minimalist Brave Browser? Yes, Please!
Want to pay for a streamlined, minimalist web browser without all the extra features? That's Brave Origin. Bonus: Free for all Linux users.Remember: If you're not paying for the product, you are the product.Ubuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p
Which Operating Systems Are Refusing to Do Age Verification?
As Microsoft, Apple, Google, & many Linux Distros rush to implement Age Verification in their systems, let's walk through which Linux versions are fighting back.OS Age Verification Status:https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerifyUbuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:ht
Lunduke's Week in Tech: June 14 - June 20, 2026
The Great Linux/BSD Display Server War(tm) continues to rage on!Links to all the stories:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lundukes-week-in-tech-june-14-juneUbuntu 4.10, C64, & BeOS added to the Wall!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-410-joins-lunduke-journalGet on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The
OpenAI Buys Seat on Rust Board for $600K
How much is it worth, to the maker of ChatGPT, to have control of The Rust Foundation? $600,000 apparently.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi
SteamOS Ditches X11 for Wayland
Valve's Arch-based SteamOS Linux distro (primarily for Steam Decks) has switched to Wayland by default to comply with KDE's upcoming "Wayland Only" policy.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other s
Islamic Terrorists Attack Disney+
The Iran & Hamas aligned "313 Team" is claiming credit for a Disney+ outage this evening. The same Islamic cyber terrorists previously attacked Ubuntu, Microsoft, OpenAl, Cloudflare, & others.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If yo
The Commodore Smartphone Blocks Social Media & Browsers
An official Commodore flip phone. Which runs Android. But purposefully blocks Web Browsers and Social Media Apps. And disabled Touchscreen. For $550. Seriously. And, yes. I misspelled “smartphone” in the title. Typing is hard. Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discounted More from The Lunduke Journal: https://l
The C64 Lunduke Lifetime Wall Arrives!
The Retro Computer Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls continue to fill up! TempleOS and Mac System 1 Walls are now full...& the Commodore 64 Wall appears! Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discounted More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this
AI Submissions to Linux Hits New Record, 10% of All Patches
571 submissions to The Linux Kernel, this last week, were coded by Al.That's over 10% of all code submissions to the kernel. And growing. Fast.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers o
Slackware Tests Replacing Xorg with XLibre
The oldest actively maintained Linux distro now includes XLibre in their official builds, and is testing removing Xorg entirely.Get on The Wall with a Massively Discounted Lifetime Sub:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to
Rust-Based Malware Hits 1.4% of Arch User Repository
The data stealing code compromised over 1,500 packages in the Arch Linux User Repository, making use of Rust, Systemd, NodeJS, & Bun.Grab a Discounted Lifetime Sub & Get on The Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo
Godot Game Engine Promotes Extreme, Pro-Trans "Pronoun Palace" Game
The Open Source game engine, which previously held mass bannings of non-Woke users, is promoting a game with child sex changes and promotion of "sex work".Grab a Discounted Lifetime Sub & Get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribe
GNOME in Damage Control Mode After Revelations from Ex Board Member
Following reports of corruption, from an ousted Board member, the GNOME Foundation censors discussions, blames "well-known bad actors and grifters".Grab a Discounted Lifetime Sub & Get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or g
Proton Mail Apologizes for Sponsoring "Far Right French YouTuber"
Activists on Reddit attacked Proton Mail for advertising with a YouTuber accused of "far-right positioning". Proton quickly caved to the mob and apologized.Grab a discounted Lifetime Sub & get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib
Ex Board Member Reveals Corruption & Dysfunction at GNOME Foundation
Unpaid invoices. Threats. Secret bannings of Elected Board Members.Non-Disparagement Agreements. "Hiding crucial information about staff".Grab a Discounted Lifetime Subscription & Get on The Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge
AI Generated Patches to Linux Kernel Hits New Record High
8% of all code submissions to the Linux Kernel are now Al generated.Grab a discounted Lifetime Sub & get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/behold-the-win-2k-and-mac-systemMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Linux Logos on Racecars
The Omarchy Linux logo is on a Le Mans racecar, driven by the project founder.Grab a discounted Lifetime Sub & get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/behold-the-win-2k-and-mac-systemMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
XLibre Turns One Year Old
"XLibre is the most actively developed community-maintained X11 display server."Grab a discounted Lifetime Sub & get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/behold-the-win-2k-and-mac-systemMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Win2K & Mac System 1 Walls!
Supporters of The Lunduke Journal have now filled up 8 retro computer themed walls!Grab a discounted Lifetime Sub & get on the Wall:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/behold-the-win-2k-and-mac-systemMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Microsoft Adopts Rust CoreUtils Clone... for Windows (Not a Joke)
Those increasingly buggy, not yet complete, Rust clones of the GNU CoreUtils? The ones Ubuntu ships? Microsoft is now officially maintaining them for Windows.Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through June:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subsc
Linux App Store Bans Software Touched by AI in Any Way
Flathub Team: "Applications containing Al-generated or Al-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowed."Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through June:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes
Microsoft to Brick Office 2019 for Mac
On July 13th, Microsoft plans to intentionally disable all purchased copies of Office 2019 for Mac. Even though these were "permanent" licenses.Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through June:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac
Rust Re-Write of GNU CoreUtils Has New, Even Buggier Release
The 0.9 release of Uutils (the Rust clone of GNU CoreUtils shipped by Ubuntu), is now failing more tests, with more bugs, than the previous release.Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through June:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge
KDE's New "Non-Binary" Mascot
Meet "Kori". A "Non-Binary Pet Dragon", with "They / Them" pronouns, who will be "presiding over" the Linux Desktop Environment's Pride Month celebrations.Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through June:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscriber
Over 2,000 AI Generated Linux Kernel Patches in the Last 45 Days
The number of monthly Al / LLM generated code submissions to the Linux Kernel has increased by over 2,700% since February.Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through June:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes
AI + Rust = More Backdoors
Have a goal of inserting undetected backdoors (and other exploits) into popular software? Rust & Al code generation are here to help.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers
Open Source Projects Banning AI, From QEMU to NetBSD
While the Linux Kernel is becoming "Vibe Coded", other Open Source projects are outright banning all Al / LLM contributions. Including Haiku, OBS, Zig, & more.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss th
Omarchy Linux 4 Mostly Written by AI
"Being into open source and recoiling from vibe coding is a contradiction in terms," says the Ruby on Rails & Omarchy Linux creator.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers o
Flatpak 2: Rust Re-write, Requiring Wayland & Systemd
According to The Linux Foundation, the Flatpak packaging system is being re-written in Rust, dropping X11 support, with hard requirements on Systemd and Wayland.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss
"Solaris" Lifetime Wall Almost Full!
Last chance to get your name listed on the 7th Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Wall (aka "The Solaris Wall")! Retro themed Wall 8 about to debut.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o
"Rust is Going to Save Us" Says Linux Kernel Number 2 Guy
The Maintainer of the Linux Kernel Stable Branch, Greg Kroah-Hartman, says, "We need more Rust Linux developers!"50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo
System76 Built Replacement of Ubuntu Infra in Response to Islamic Terrorist Attacks
Following the recent multi-day outage of Ubuntu servers, due to DDoS attacks from Islamic Terrorists, Linux hardware maker System76 has rolled their own infrastructure.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to d
Linux Kernel is Now Vibe Coded
Usage of AI (Claude, Codex, etc.) is exploding in the Linux world. At the current rate, the Linux Kernel will be predominantly developed using AI sometime this year.50% Off Yearly, & Massively Discounted Lifetime Subs Through May 31:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/50-off-yearly-and-massively-discountedMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc
The Best Windows is Linux
XLibre + XCE + Chicago95 + Wine + Steam. Faster, lighter, and better compatibility with Windows software than Windows 11.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Microsoft Now Makes a Linux Distro Based on Fedora
Azure Linux 4 may not be Microsoft's first Linux distribution... but it is their first general purpose one.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
openSUSE Linux Updates Rules to Allow Teenage Users... Kinda
Is SUSE & openSUSE planning to implement age verification which would require parental consent for teens to use Linux? It looks that way.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Colorado "Age Attestation" Bill Sent to Governor for Signing
Colorado SB 26-051 (which requires Operating Systems to implement "Age Attestation"), endorsed by Linux hardware maker System76, is about to become law.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Bun Re-Written in Rust Using AI
The entire Bun Javascript runtime (over 1 Million lines of code) has been re-written in Rust... using Al. What could possibly go wrong?More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Operating System Age Verification Pushed by Canadian Porn Company
Who's driving Age Verification in Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, etc.)? In the USA, it's Facebook. In Canada, it's... a porn company. Seriously.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
openSUSE Linux Bans Teenagers
openSUSE Linux has changed their "Terms of site" to specifically forbid users under "16 years of age or the age of majority" from using any websites or servers.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Rust Re-writes & Chesterton's Fence
Why modern software developers should read a 100 year old book on Catholicism.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Debian Linux Goes Full Reproducible (And What That Means)
Debian Linux has declared that, effective immediately, they will reject all packages which are not reproducible. This is a big deal for the entire Linux world.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Dirty Frag: Unfixed Root Exploit Makes All Linux Systems Vulnerable
Due to a broken embargo, this severe root exploit has no patches available for any Linux distribution. Ubuntu, RHEL, openSUSE... they're all vulnerable.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Ask Lunduke: How Do You Tolerate The Yuckiness of Tech Every Day?
Faith, Family, Fun, & Fulfillment. It may sound cliche but that's, how I keep sane while covering the cesspool that is modern Tech.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Islamic Terrorists End Attack on Ubuntu, Turn to Cloudflare
"Cloudflare intervened and prevented our attack [on Ubuntu]. Therefore, Cloudflare servers should expect a devastating attack that will target their servers."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Why are Ubuntu & GNOME Obsessed with Making Software Worse?
Most users prefer GNOME 2 to GNOME 50. And Ubuntu is determined to ship unfinished, buggy code no matter the costs. Why?More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
ChatGPT on the Atari ST (Seriously)
Because who doesn't want to use an AI chatbot from a mid-1980s Atari computer?More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Open Source has a Pedo Problem
Warning: Disturbing content.Drew DeVault (Open Source Dev) & Brodie Robertson (Linux YouTuber) have both been accused of distributing pornographic material depicting children. There's a pattern here.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
$129 Lunduke Lifetime Subs thru May 7th
It's been quite a while since The Lunduke Journal has had a sale. So. Here's a sale! Get on the Lifetime Subscriber Wall on the cheap!https://lunduke.substack.com/p/129-lunduke-lifetime-subs-thru-mayMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Exclusive: Lunduke Speaks to Islamic Hackers Attacking Ubuntu
"313 Team", an Islamic "hacktivist" group aligned with Iran & Hamas, has taken Ubuntu Linux & Canonical services offline to enact "vengeance" on "the killers of Imam Khamenei".More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
KDE Board Member Says XLibre is "Fascist" and Cannot be Tolerated
A KDE Advisory Board Member, & Arch Linux Package Maintainer, says of XLibre, "The term fascist applies. We cant tolerate the intolerant."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Nix Fork Demands Contributors Support Multiple Personality Disorder
Lix, a fork of the Nix Linux package manager, prohibits "Transphobia", "Peddling Right-wing Ideology", and "Pluralphobia". With a goal of rewriting everything in Rust.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
GTK2 Brought Back From the Dead
An "unofficial community-maintained fork of historical GTK2" has been started, and is hosted over at the Devuan project. Because sometimes older is better.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Ubuntu Linux Goes All-In on AI
"Al features will be landing in Ubuntu throughout the next year," says Ubuntu VP.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
"Open Source Exemption" to Colorado's Age Verification Law Would Not Include GPL
The System76 endorsed "Open Source Exemption" added to Colorado SB26-051 means BSD licensed code would be exempt... but GPL code (like Linux) would still require Age Verification.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Ubuntu Hired Security Research Firm After Rust Re-writes Raised "Serious Concerns"
With the release of Ubuntu 26.04 (Long Term Support), Ubuntu is revealing massive security and ship-ability issues with the Rust-based, GNU Coreutils replacements.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Debian Elects New DEI Focused Project Leader
The new Leader of Debian Linux, Sruthi Chandran, beat her only opponent, the aptly named "None of the above", on a "Diversity" and "Less (cis)male" platform.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Open Source Exemption Added to Colorado Age Verification Bill
According to System76's CEO, who has seen the amended Colorado SB26-051, Linux, GitHub, and other Open Source projects and systems would not require Age Verification.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Illinois Operating System Age Verification Law Passes House, Moves to Senate
Illinois HB 5511, which would require all Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, etc.) to include Age Verification, is moving closer to becoming law. And it's a really WEIRD one.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Arch Linux Deletes XLibre Wiki Page, Cites "Code of Conduct"
"The XLibre project goes against [Arch Linux Code of Conduct] and should not be listed on ArchWiki."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
NHS Vaccines at Risk from Chinese Fridge-Hackers
That's a real headline. Because the future is retarded.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Red Hat Devs Forced to Use AI or "Find Another Job"
Red Hat ties financial bonuses to Al use, encourages writing Fedora Linux code with Al, writes articles with Al, buys Al companies, and now makes Al a job requirement.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
We Have the Full Text for the Federal OS Age Verification Bill
The details of HR 8250 are even worse than we thought. Plus: Who, really, is behind these Operating System Age Verification laws?More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
New Federal Law to Require Age Verification on All Operating Systems
H.R. 8250 ("To require operating system providers to verity the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.") has been introduced in the U.S. Congress.Operating System Age Verification Tracker:https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerifyMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc
Meet "Kit", Firefox's New Non-Binary Mascot
Non-binary. With "They/Them" pronouns. For a Web Browser.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
IBM Fined $17 Million by DOJ for Discriminatory DEI Policies
No word yet on how this settlement might impact the multiple pending lawsuits against IBM (and subsidiary Red Hat) related to DEl policies.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
Michigan Lawmakers Withdraw Age Verification Bill
Michigan House Bill 4429 and Senate Bill 284, which would have required Age Verification in all Operating Systems (including Linux & Windows), has officially been pulled after public backlash.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lunduke.substack.com/subscribe
The Worst Software Engineering Mistake: Deciding to Rewrite the Code from Scratch
When did Programmers and Engineering Manager forget the hard-learned truths of software development? Did every engineer with experience retire recently?Joel on Software:https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep
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