The Lunduke Journal of Technology

openSUSE Linux Bans Teenagers

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

Rust Re-writes & Chesterton's Fence

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 epis...

Debian Linux Goes Full Reproducible (And What That Means)

11 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Debian Linux has declared that, effective immediately, they will reject all packages which are not reproducible. This is a big deal for the entire Lin...

Dirty Frag: Unfixed Root Exploit Makes All Linux Systems Vulnerable

08 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Due to a broken embargo, this severe root exploit has no patches available for any Linux distribution. Ubuntu, RHEL, openSUSE... they're all vulnerabl...

Ask Lunduke: How Do You Tolerate The Yuckiness of Tech Every Day?

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Lundu...

Islamic Terrorists End Attack on Ubuntu, Turn to Cloudflare

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Cloudflare intervened and prevented our attack [on Ubuntu]. Therefore, Cloudflare servers should expect a devastating attack that will target their s...

Why are Ubuntu & GNOME Obsessed with Making Software Worse?

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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:...

ChatGPT on the Atari ST (Seriously)

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 epis...

Open Source has a Pedo Problem

04 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: Disturbing content.Drew DeVault (Open Source Dev) & Brodie Robertson (Linux YouTuber) have both been accused of distributing pornographic mat...

$129 Lunduke Lifetime Subs thru May 7th

04 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Exclusive: Lunduke Speaks to Islamic Hackers Attacking Ubuntu

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"313 Team", an Islamic "hacktivist" group aligned with Iran & Hamas, has taken Ubuntu Linux & Canonical services offline to enact "vengeance" on "the ...

KDE Board Member Says XLibre is "Fascist" and Cannot be Tolerated

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A KDE Advisory Board Member, & Arch Linux Package Maintainer, says of XLibre, "The term fascist applies. We cant tolerate the intolerant."More from Th...

Nix Fork Demands Contributors Support Multiple Personality Disorder

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lix, a fork of the Nix Linux package manager, prohibits "Transphobia", "Peddling Right-wing Ideology", and "Pluralphobia". With a goal of rewriting e...

GTK2 Brought Back From the Dead

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An "unofficial community-maintained fork of historical GTK2" has been started, and is hosted over at the Devuan project. Because sometimes older is be...

Ubuntu Linux Goes All-In on AI

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"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 e...

"Open Source Exemption" to Colorado's Age Verification Law Would Not Include GPL

27 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The System76 endorsed "Open Source Exemption" added to Colorado SB26-051 means BSD licensed code would be exempt... but GPL code (like Linux) would st...

Ubuntu Hired Security Research Firm After Rust Re-writes Raised "Serious Concerns"

24 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Debian Elects New DEI Focused Project Leader

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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" pl...

Open Source Exemption Added to Colorado Age Verification Bill

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 A...

Illinois Operating System Age Verification Law Passes House, Moves to Senate

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Illinois HB 5511, which would require all Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, etc.) to include Age Verification, is moving closer to becoming law. And...

Arch Linux Deletes XLibre Wiki Page, Cites "Code of Conduct"

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"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/...

NHS Vaccines at Risk from Chinese Fridge-Hackers

18 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 d...

Red Hat Devs Forced to Use AI or "Find Another Job"

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

We Have the Full Text for the Federal OS Age Verification Bill

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Lunduk...

New Federal Law to Require Age Verification on All Operating Systems

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Meet "Kit", Firefox's New Non-Binary Mascot

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

IBM Fined $17 Million by DOJ for Discriminatory DEI Policies

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 T...

Michigan Lawmakers Withdraw Age Verification Bill

13 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Michigan House Bill 4429 and Senate Bill 284, which would have required Age Verification in all Operating Systems (including Linux & Windows), has off...

The Worst Software Engineering Mistake: Deciding to Rewrite the Code from Scratch

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When did Programmers and Engineering Manager forget the hard-learned truths of software development? Did every engineer with experience retire recentl...

EFF Leaves X Because... TikTok is Better for Abortions?

11 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced they are leaving X (and only X) because of "People of color, Queer folks, Activists"... and something...

Anthropic & Linux Foundation Sitting in a Tree...

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anthropic announces Claude Mythos Al. Says it's too powerful for the public to see it. Then partners with The Linux Foundation to use it to develop t...

The Case for 486 Support in Linux (And Everywhere Else)

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Linux is dropping support for 486 CPU's. Heck, I'm still upset about losing support for the 386. We should bring it back. Let me explain why.More from...

Rust Coreutil Re-Write Dev Says Project "So Subpar I Don't Even Have Words"

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The developers of Rust UUtils, which is now shipping in Ubuntu by default, have realized re-writing battle tested code "full of edge cases" is actuall...

If Memory Safety is The Goal Rust is Not The Solution

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Every significant Rust program (GNU Coreutils re-write, System76's Cosmic Desktop, etc.) is filled with "unsafe" code. If being Memory Safe was truly...

The Woke Software Tracker

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Wouldn't it be handy if we had a list of which software projects (and organizations) promote Woke or DEI politics? Now we do. With detailed receipts.T...

Ubuntu Now Has Higher System Requirements Than Windows

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As of this month, Ubuntu Linux requires 2X the CPU speed and 50% more RAM than Windows 11.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility from KDE, GNOME, GTK, & Elementary

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating holidays? Nah. Some of the largest Linux projects just want you to stare at "Trans" people.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.c...

MidnightBSD Becomes First Open Source Operating System to Ship Age Verification

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The just released 4.0.4 version of the FreeBSD derived Operating System includes "aged", new system wide daemon for handling age verification and atte...

ZorinOS Makes Firm No Age Verification Statement, MX Linux Says They Will "Wait on Court Challenge"

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Popular Linux distributions continue to take wildly different approaches to handling Age Verification.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.co...

Framework Sponsors KDE & XFCE, Drops GNOME

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Framework Computer continues to expand the number of Open Source projects it financially supports, but GNOME (who said Framework had "Hitler Particles...

CachyOS Mod Blames Censorship on Lunduke's Time Traveling Racist Radicals

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Plus: CachyOS continues to dodge questions regarding Age Verification while attacking those who ask about it.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lun...

CachyOS Censors "Radicals" Opposed to Age Verification

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In response to concerns about Age Verification features in SystemD, the CachyOS team says, "If you don’t want to use SystemD find another distributi...

Michigan OS Age Verification Law Supported by Democrats & Republicans

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Michigan's proposed Age Verification law would apply to all Operating Systems (including Linux), and would require commercial Age Verification.More fr...

Slackware Says No to Age Verification, But Fedora Linux Says Yes

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Two very different reactions to Age Verification. One says, "I doubt these laws would survive a challenge." While the other says, "It's a matter of ho...

Arch Linux Says Opposing Age Verification is Code of Conduct Violation

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"They don't like someone they consider as part of the [Arch Linux] core dev teams being called out like that. What you did broke the Arch Linux CoC."M...

SystemD Forked to Remove Age Verification

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Plus: Developer who added Age Verification features to SystemD speaks to Lunduke.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public e...

GrapheneOS & FreeDOS Join the "No Age Verification" List

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From Omarchy Linux to Devuan, the number of Open Source Operating Systems refusing to implement Age Verification continues to grow.More from The Lundu...

United Kingdom Fines 4chan £520,000, 4chan Responds with Godzilla Sized Hamster

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

4chan's Lawyer: "The United Kingdom lost the American Revolutionary War ... stop sending Americans stupid letters and acknowledge the sovereignty of t...

SystemD Root Access Exploit Found, Devuan Team Calls SystemD "Unicorn Sh*t"

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Yet another high severity systemd bug in Ubuntu. Let us wish all Devuan users a wonderful day out with their family, instead of shoveling unicorn sh*...

Systemd Adds Age Verification & r/Linux Censors Age Verification Posts

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Plus: Which Open Source Operating Systems plan to include Age Verification? The Lunduke Journal compiles a list.Does It Age Verify?:https://github.co...

Debian Project Leader Election Underway: Only 1 Candidate, & She's Anti "(Cis)Male"

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The only candidate to lead Debian Linux says her primary goal is to have "more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people."More fro...

Brazil's Age Verification Law is in Effect, Ubuntu Being Monitored for Compliance

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Brazil monitoring 37 companies, including Canonical, Valve, & more. System76 bans users for asking about age verification. Rockstar Games &Arch Linu...

System76 Meets with Colorado Lawmakers on Age Verification

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Linux PC maker's CEO pushes Senators to add "an exemption for open source software" to new age verification laws. 4Chan's lawyer says this would "...

Is Meta Behind the Age Verification Laws?

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's true, Meta lobbied for specific age verification laws. But that is only a small part of the story, which involves Google, Apple, OpenAl... and ev...

World's Oldest Linux Company, SUSE, is For Sale... Again.

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Plus: In response to California Age Verification law, SUSE VP of Engineering says, "SUSE will not be adopting a policy stating that our products can't...

X Money is Launching Next Month, But X has Problems to Solve First

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk says, "X Money early public access will launch next month." But with unclear rules & unpredictable enforcement, will users lose access to th...

Apple Marketing Using Blackface?

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Apple's latest marketing material, for MacBook Neo & Air, changes the appearance of a White, male Apple employee... to make him Black & Trans.More fro...

Linux Hardware Maker System76 Speaks Out on Age Verification

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"With New York's bill, liberty is lost," says System76 CEO, Carl Richell. Plus: MidnightBSD will no longer be available in Brazil, California, Colora...

Illinois Joins "Age Verification for Operating Systems" Bandwagon

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

California, Colorado, New York... and now Illinois have proposed laws requiring age verification for all OS's (Windows, Linux, etc.). Which state will...

Omarchy Linux Rejects "Retarded" California Age Verification Law

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

DHH: "Omarchy has no plans to do anything in response to this retarded California law." Plus: Fedora "not aware" of age verification laws, & Ubuntu i...

Brazil Law: All OS's Have 13 Days to Add Age Verification

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A new law, in Brazil, requires age verification on all Operating Systems (including Linux & Windows) by March 17th. Plus a rundown on similar laws in ...

Ubuntu Planning Mandatory Age Verification

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ubuntu & Elementary OS developers are planning to add age verification functionality, in a way which impacts all Linux users, to comply with a new Cal...

Ubuntu VP Says: "Stop Writing Python", Wants Devs "All Day Writing Rust"

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ubuntu's Vice President on re-writing everything in Rust: "do it by default with no apology", despite acknowledging that users will "see some breakage...

MidnightBSD Responds to California's Age Verification Law by Excluding California

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Until we have a better plan, we modified our license to exclude residents of California from using MidnightBSD for desktop use, effective January 1, ...

Reddit Fined $19 Million USD by UK for "Not Checking the Age of Users"

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In related news: The GRANITE Act (which would provide a legal framework for protecting against foreign censorship), has passed the Wyoming House of Re...

California Law to Require Linux, Windows Implement Age Verification by Jan 1, 2027

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A new California Law (AB-1043), signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires all Operating Systems (from macOS to FreeBSD) to implement age verification,...

Democrats Introduce Bill to Require Age Verification on Linux, Windows

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Age Attestation on Computing Devices" (Colorado State Bill 26-051) would require age verification on all Operating Systems (both Open Source and prop...

Ladybird Ports to Rust Using AI

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Rust community remains annoying, but the tech is good! D"- Ladybird Web Browser founder, Andreas KlingMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.c...

New Xbox VP a Good Example of Microsoft's Racist Hiring Practices

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft's managers from India have a long history of favoring Indian candidates. Plus: Paul Thurrott defends Microsoft, calls Lunduke a "piece of h...

KDE Attacks Critics as "Sad People" Who Are "Straight Up Lying"

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

KDE is in damage control after recent moves to restrict the systems which can run KDE Plasma (via Wayland & SystemD). Saying criticism is "FUD" and "f...

GhostBSD Drops Xorg for XLibre

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

And, right on cue, the extremists within Open Source go on the assault, libelously calling GhostBSD a "Nazi bar".More from The Lunduke Journal:https:/...

Humans are Now Censoring Other Humans to Protect Feelings of AI Bots

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The term “clanker”, a derogatory term for “Al Bot”, is causing people to be banned across the Internet (Reddit, Discord, Social Media, etc.). ...

Xorg Officially Abandons "Master" Branch for "Main", Throws Away 2 Years of Code

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The newly created "Main" branch re-bases the open source X11 server on code from February of 2024, specifically to avoid code written by the creator o...

Ars Technica Publishes Al-Generated Article on Al Bot Writing Anti-Human Hit Pieces

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tech News site Ars Technica has now deleted an Al-generated article (complete with fake, Al hallucinated quotes) regarding an Al Bot writing blog post...

OpenClaw AI Bot Writes DEI-Style Hit Piece Against "Prejudiced" Human Developer

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A code change submitted by an Al bot was rejected by an open source project developer. In retaliation, the Al bot accused the human of "Gatekeeping" a...

Windows Notepad.exe Now Has Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

First Notepad++ gets hijacked by Chinese hackers, now Notepad.exe gets a "Severe" CVE. Apparently editing a plain text file is the most dangerous thi...

Interview: Redot, 1.5 Years After Forking from Godot

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, the Godot game engine enacted a mass "Cleansing" of non-woke supporters. A group of developers responded by creating the Redot fork. How is ...

Linux Gets 7.0 Version Because Linus Ran Out of Toes (Seriously)

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Plus: For Linux 7.0 Rust support is now official and no longer experimental... but "not everything works" and it is "still quite experimental".The Lun...

Discord Expanding Age Verification World-Wide

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Starting in March, Discord will treat all accounts as "Teen by Default", requiring age verification for several features. This follows a breach of 70...

XLibre Dev Creates de-Rusted Git Fork

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Git prepares to make Rust a hard requirement for Git 3.0, this fork removes all Rust code and describes itself as "Git with WD-40 applied".The Lund...

With Git Moving to Rust, How Long Until a Git Fork?

07 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Git 3.0 is scheduled to ship "second half of 2026", with a mandatory requirement of Rust. Which means Git will no longer build on many platforms. Sett...

NetBSD Says No to Rust

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Rust in the core of NetSD is probably a non-starter," says long-time NetBSD developer. "Keeping Rust working is quite a bit of work."The Lunduke Jou...

PSX Emu Dev Says No Packaging for Arch or NixOS

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Connor McLaughlin, the developer of Duckstation, a popular Playstation emulator, calls NixOS and Arch Linux "hostile package environments", and blocks...

The Big Tech Execs in The Epstein Files

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Steven Sinofsky, Richard Branson, and Steve Ballmer. All in the Epstein Files... but for ...

FOSDEM Goes Political

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Keynote for FOSDEM 2026, the largest Open Source Conference, declared they are "becoming more political, for obvious reasons," & "the time to be n...

Chinese Hackers Remote Executed Code Via Notepad++ for 6 Months

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From June of 2025, hackers working with the Chinese government utilized the Notepad++ update system to run code on users computers.More from The Lundu...

ReactOS at 30 Years Old: Like Windows ME, Only Buggier

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

ReactOS, the open source attempt to build a Windows 2000 compatible system, turns 30. Which, coincidentally, his how many times it crashed on me in t...

XFCE Spends Donations to Write New Wayland Compositor... in Rust

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The XCE Desktop Environment plans to spend most of their donated funds to throw out their well tested X11 backend, in favor of a non-existent Wayland ...

Gaming Linux Distro Bazzite Bans Key Dev for Unspecified CoC Violations

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The core developer of one of the most critical components of Bazzite has been banned for secret "Code of Conduct violations" following a mob campaign ...

After 34 Years, Linux Finally has a "Linus Gets Hit by a Bus" Plan

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Journ...

$89 Lifetime Subs Ends This Week!

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Yes, Getting GNOMED is a Thing

24 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

gnomed - verb - When installing one piece of software results in the forced install of an entire Desktop Environment.Example: "I installed a text edi...

Xorg's Political Moves Pushes Systems to XLibre

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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://l...

KDE Drops Code for FreeBSD Support

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Xorg Plans Political Moves: Removing 2 Years of Commits from XLibre Dev

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 "...

IBM Sued for Discrimination. Again.

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 sett...

Anti-ICE Activists Mistake Programmers for ICE Agents

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

ICANN: "Make Lunduke Angry, Program in Rust"

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the $150 Million / Year corporation which manages IP addresses and Top Level Domains,...

CreepyLink.com: URL Shortener That Makes Links Look Suspicious

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why use "https://lunduke.com" when you can use "https://account.ic6do.com/TODO_obfuscate_url_2TKF6q_hot_singles.bat"?$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subs...

Modern Linux Using Only 200MB of RAM?

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...