“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
David Heinemeier Hansson (aka “DHH”, the creator of Ruby on Rails & Omarchy Linux), talks with Lunduke about Linux “selling out”, what a “distro” is, & the attacks from activists within Open Source.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
GNOME OS Team says Framework “supports Fascist and Racist s***heads”, “does not feel comfortable in further collaboration”. GNOME Board wants to talk to groups “reconsidering working with Framework”.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 and Ubuntu are forcing adoption of Rust at core levels of the system. Considering the large numbers of Leftist Extremist Activists among Rust developers... can that software be trusted? 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
Devuan’s Code of Conduct: “We accept everyone’s contributions, we don’t care if you’re liberal or conservative, black or white, straight or gay, or anything in between!” 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
After turning down $1.5 Million from the US Government as an act of DEI Virtue Signalling, the Python Software Foundation reveals that they have a $1.4 Million deficit, with only 6 months of money left.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
APT, Debian’s package manager also used by Ubuntu, to have a hard Rust requirement. Debian may “sunset” ports (such as PowerPC & m68k) which are not fully supported by 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
The stories from The Lunduke Journal are continuing to spread further and further with each passing month.Thanks to all of you, The Lunduke Journal stories (including videos, audio podcasts, and articles) were seen (or heard) 12.9 Million times in October.Subscriptions are up. “Views” are way up. This is the kind of growth Big Tech funded Tech News can only dream of (at a time when the “Mainstream” Tech Journalists are floundering).We’re doing something right.Stats for OctoberHere’s some Lunduke Journal stats for October:* 12.9 Million views (or listens) during the last month (October) alone.* 146,236 free subscribers (not including audio podcast feeds).* 6,921 new free subscribers on the primary platforms.* 295 shows, so far, in 2025 (Jan 1st → Oct 31st, +30 shows over the last 30 days).* $0.00 (zero) taken from any corporation.12.9 Million “Views” (video, audio podcast, articles) during October. Up 16.2% from the month before. Beautiful.Free Subscribers to The Lunduke Journal is similarly up — closing in on 150k, with an increase of 4.9% over the last month.Thank You!Seriously. None of this would be possible without all of you.-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
SUSE, in a race with Red Hat to add Al features nobody wants, has added “Al-powered administration” to Linux servers. Which definitely won’t make John Connor happy. 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
Wikipedia joins 4chan & Kiwi Farms in defying the United Kingdom. “We’re going to just refuse to do it. Politically, what are they going to do? They could block Wikipedia. Good luck with that.” 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 joins GNOME, Fedora, NixOS, and many other Open Source organizations in having a severe case of “Lunduke Derangement Syndrome”. 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
GNOME & Fedora call Jews “Nazis”. Canonical, Debian, & GNOME call XLibre “Nazis”. NixOS calls Conservatives “Nazis”. And now KDE says Elon Musk, and all X users, are “Nazis”. 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 Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5 Million Dollar grant from the US government, as it would require them to cease discriminatory Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion practices. 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 popular YouTuber named Theo Browne offered $20k to the Open Source FFmpeg team if they remove their social media person, who Theo calls a “motherf***er”. The X Thread: https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1982569289237352620 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
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