The Lunduke Journal of Technology

The cost of actually running wikipedia remains under 2% of their spending. Remainder of funds spent on “Racial Equity”, “Awards & Grants, “Travel Expenses”.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 EU is fining Elon Musk’s X €120 Million for “failure to provide data”,and the UK is continuing to attack 4chan for “failure to comply” with their censorship demands.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

Followers of the Church of Rust check almost every possible box in the “Is This a Cult” list: Discouraged dissent, unethical behavior, delusions, self-sacrifice, information control, & 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

Wayland has been the default for several years on the largest Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.), yet Wayland usage has actually decreased since 2024.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 team for the Bazaar Linux App Store for GNOME rejects multiple code changes, for non-LGBT themes, as “racist”. Calls Lunduke a “Nazi” and suggests “we beat this guy with hammers”.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 employees, & other Open Source leaders, promote theory that “MAGA/Linux” agents are using concepts like “tolerance” and “everybody is welcome” as weapons.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

November was absolutely insane at The Lunduke Journal.My favorite two shows of the month are definitely my interviews with DHH and 4chan’s Lawyer. If you haven’t seen those yet, I highly suggest them.But the biggest, most widely viewed show of the month was (drumroll please)…* Installing Linux Software Just Got More... GaySpeaking of “widely viewed”… thanks to all of you, The Lunduke Journal is reaching more people than ever. Over 16 Million views last month!The real, Big-Tech-free Tech News is spreading far and wide. It’s a beautiful thing to behold.Stats for NovemberHere’s some Lunduke Journal stats for November, 2025:* 16.1 Million views (or listens) during the last month (November).* 149,028 free subscribers (not including audio podcast feeds).* 2,792 new free subscribers on the primary platforms.* 317 shows, so far, in 2025.* $0.00 (zero) taken from any corporation.Those views. Holy smokes. We went from 12.9 Million in October to 16.1 Million in November. That’s a 24.8% jump, month on month. And 75% higher than just three months ago!Look at that chart. Absolutely wild.The total number of free subscribers also grew during November — by close to 2,792. Up about 2% from last month. Not too darned shabby.Lunduke Journal on YouTubeDuring November, The Lunduke Journal’s YouTube channel officially broke 100,000 subscribers.Demonetized. Shadow-banned. Several channel suspensions. And more “strikes” than I can count.Yet, despite all of that, we hit 100k. And YouTube even followed through on sending one of those fancy-shmancy plaque thingies.An interesting tidbit (for those interested in the world of digital publishing): While YouTube represents the largest current chunk of free subscribers to The Lunduke Journal… it does not represent the largest chunk of views.In fact, at present, YouTube is currently running a (very) distant 4th in terms of total monthly “views” for The Lunduke Journal. Behind the audio podcast, X, and Substack. In fact, the “Subscriber Count to Views” ratio on YouTube is worse than on any other platform which The Lunduke Journal publishes to.But, just the same, 100k is a nice, big, round number. And now we have a shiny silver plaque to commemorate that big round number. Which is nifty.Oh! And they included a unique, definitely hand-typed, personally signed letter from the YouTube CEO!Definitely not a stock letter sent to everyone who gets this plaque *wink wink*!But my favorite part? This YouTube 100k award was inspected with great care by… Rick!Thanks Rick!And thanks, once again, to all of you for spreading The Lunduke Journal far and wide, and supporting this work. You make this possible.-Lunduke 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

Bazaar, a new Linux App store for GNOME includes the ability to apply LGBT themes. And ONLY LGBT themes. Plus... you can’t get rid of them.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

X’s new feature reveals where the bots & anti-Jewish posts come from (hint: Not the USA). Plus: Would it makes sense to offer a “Mute This Country” feature?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 GRANITE Act has been filed in the state of Wyoming. And The Lunduke Journal got an early copy of the bill which fights censorship of Americans by foreign governments.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

“[Diversity & Inclusion] is just gone and not mentioned. Like it never existed,” said one Microsoft employee.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

Gatekeeping. Discrimination. Whatever you call it, the Leftist Activists within Tech have a message for anyone who disagrees with them: “You are not welcome 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

53 days after Cloudflare announced that their service was now “more secure” because they had ported it to Rust... an error in their Rust code caused a massive outage.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

“I am one of those ‘woke communists’ you worry about,” says Linux founder, Linus Torvalds. Plus: Why Free and Open Source Software is neither Socialist nor Communist.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

First Python refused to stop discriminatory policies & turned down $1.5 Million from the US Government. Now they have launched the “Python is for EVERYONE” campaign... but they don’t actually mean “everyone”.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

Al Chatbots officially allowed for all aspects of Linux Kernel development. “Kernel contributors have been using [Al tools] to generate contributions for a long time.”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 Lunduke Journal’s YouTube channel has been shadow banned, suspended, and demonetized more times than I can count. But, hey, big round numbers are cool.50% off. Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime Subs. Through Nov 19th:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/interviews-youtube-silver-award-thingyMore 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

Jeff Atwood (co-founder of Stack Overflow & Discourse), appears to make a public threat against Omarchy & Ruby on Rails founder, DHH. Threats of violence are a pattern among Open Source Leftists.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 is now shipping with Rust based replacements of core utilities (sudo, date, du, etc.). And the steady stream of bugs, missing functionality, and security vulnerabilities continues.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

Preston Byrne, the attorney representing both 4chan and Kiwi Farms, talks with Lunduke about Ofcom and the United Kingdom’s censorship campaign against Americans.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