The Lunduke Journal of Technology

It only took a third of century, but the Linux Kernel finally has a continuity plan for if / when Linus Torvalds goes away. 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 massive, 70%+ off Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions deal ends after January 31st. With no plans to offer this deal again. So. You know. Get to the choppah!$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with ot...

gnomed - verb - When installing one piece of software results in the forced install of an entire Desktop Environment. Example: "I installed a text editor, then my whole system got GNOMED!"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

GhostBSD Lead says, "We will release the next release of GhostBSD with XLibre due to the upcoming Xorg rebase."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 KDE project has removed code to support FreeBSD in their login manager saying, "We rely on systemd/logind, so FreeBSD is not supported."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

Xorg, which has a stated goal of killing itself, plans to re-base on 2 year old code in order to avoid code from XLibre developer. Plus: Moving from "Master" to "Main" branch naming. 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

A 61 year old white man was fired from IBM, yet "a black woman with identical territory, quota, and performance" was not. Plus: IBM & Red Hat are settling lawsuits behind the scenes. The IBM / Red Hat Leaks: What we've learned so far: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5515346/the-ibm-red-hat-leaks-what-weve-learned-so-far $89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substa...

A few software engineers were having lunch at a deli in Minneapolis. Leftist activists thought, because they were all white, fit males, that they must be ICE agents. They used Signal to organize a mob.$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ This is a publ...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the $150 Million / Year corporation which manages IP addresses and Top Level Domains, has a new goal: "Make Lunduke Angry".$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. I...

Why use "https://lunduke.com" when you can use "https://account.ic6do.com/TODO_obfuscate_url_2TKF6q_hot_singles.bat"?$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b 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 bo...

The Vendefoul Wolf Linux Distro has a new release based on Devuan, XLibre, & IceWM. And it uses only 217 MB of RAM. The way it should be.$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers...

The GNOME Foundation's war on X11 continues, with the Alpha release of GNOME 50. Announced by the same GNOME contributor who defaced XLibre project pages (calling them "Nazis").$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd lik...

The German government paid $500,000+, to Arch Linux, to re-write Arch Package Management in Rust. Is Germany hoping to inject backdoors, or other spyware, into Arch using 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

Python turned down a grant from the US Government (which would require ending discriminatory policies), is now working with Anthropic (Claude Al) to make up their budget defect. 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 German Sovereign Tech Agency paid half a million dollars to create"Rust libraries and tools" for Arch package management. One question: 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

From Red Hat to The Linux Foundation, the majority of the Open Source world is moving towards Al assisted programming. And now Linus Torvalds is "vibe coding".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

A quick heads up: The DRM-Free, MP4 Downloads for Lunduke Journal shows are live for 2026! Plus: The popular $89 Lifetime Subscription deal is back through the end of January! 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

Sometimes it's worth stopping to marvel at how truly amazing some modern technology is. FEX, Proton, Valve's Steam Frame... pure technical wizardry. 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

Editor of OSNews encourages people to stab ICE agents with "ice picks", founder of Elementary OS says they are "sending us to be tortured in concentration camps", & more. 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

Two completely separate projects now exist to bring the Windows 8"Lots of squares and tiles" Start Menu to Linux. 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

Big Tech paying for stories. Bribes and payola. Wining and dining. The result is buried stories and fake, biased coverage. 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

MS representative has confirmed it. Microsoft has made many blunders with Office in the past (Clippy & Ribbon toolbar spring to mind), but this may be the biggest blunder of all. 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 GNOME Desktop Environment feels that "Click the Middle Mouse Button to Paste" is an "X11-ism", moves disable it for bizarre reasons (including political ones).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

HP-UX joins the growing list of classic UNIX systems (like IRIX) which are officially no longer supported or updated. 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

Blocks the Wikipedia "Donate!" popups. Displays the true financials of Wikipedia. Provides a "See if this page is available on Grokipedia" link. https://github.com/BryanLunduke/Wikipedia-Donation-Destroyer 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/sub...