I've been running my BBS (the adorably named "House of Lunduke BBS" ) for years and years -- with a few interruptions for server upgrades and the like.
It has been incredibly fun for me to keep a small part of BBS gaming alive. LORD, TradeWars, The Pit... these are some of my favorite multiplayer computer games of all time. Unique and truly enjoyable. And almost more importantly: keeping these games running provides historical value. Us old-timers can revisit them, and the young-ins can experience gaming of the 80s and early 90s for the first time.
Well, as many of you know, I moved. Rather... I hit the road. Right now, my family is traveling in an RV across the country. Visiting family. seeing national parks, and searching for the perfect town to re-settle.
Which means, the BBS is off-line. Because it's hard to run a server -- with dedicated Internet connection -- in an RV. ;)
So I'm left pondering what the near-term future of the BBS should be.
Obviously I can't run a physical server out of the RV. Connection issues aside, there just isn't the space.
Which means I'll need to get a remote server. No big deal, a pretty inexpensive VPS will be plenty beefy enough to run a BBS server. Even a popular one. ;)
But, perhaps, this is also a good time to shake things up a little. Get more people involved (Co-SysOps). Change BBS software to something "modern" (read: currently updated, like Synchronet or Mystic). Build in some Internet-y functionality. Let folks build newer games and doors for it.
Not sure, honestly! Torn!
At this point I'm really just thinking out loud. But I'd love to hear what all of you think.
Do you want to be involved in the running or building of a BBS? Do you want to see more historical accuracy (recreating the features and style of late 80s BBS's)... or would you enjoy taking a BBS to the limits of what can be done via ANSI, Telnet and (maybe) SSH? Should there be optional web interfaces for part of it? New games? Old games?
Curious your thoughts as I'm still forming my own.
Regardless of approach, I'd like to start getting a BBS back up and running soon. Just need to settle on the details. ;)
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 the last hour.
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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 compositor written in Rust. Leftists cheer.
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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 accusing him of "transphobic slurs".
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Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.
Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣
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ISO a physical or digital media price aggregator.
Looking for basically PCPartPicker for movies and music. Several of these sites exist for streaming services (find out which streaming platforms currently have Friends). But, I want this for physical or digital ownership. I want to be able to search for "The Mentalist" or "Thomas Bergersen" and be shown a list of prices on sites (Amazon, moviesunlimited, 7digital, etc)
Anyone have this out there?
But, but, they said there'd be human code reviews. To prevent bugs reaching Production...
How Replacing Developers With AI is Going Horribly Wrong - YouTube
Quick reminder: The massive deal The Lunduke Journal has been running — 70%+ off Lifetime Subscriptions, 50% off all other subscriptions — ends after tomorrow (Saturday, January 31st).
Considering that, here are the steps I recommend:
Grab the $89 Lifetime Subscription before it ends tomorrow night.
High five yourself for saving money and supporting Indie Tech Journalism.
Maybe… grab a donut?
That is all.
-Lunduke
Quick heads up, that the $89 Lifetime Subscription to The Lunduke Journal discount ends… at the end of this week!
Discounting Lifetime Subscriptions by over 70% was an absolute blast. So many of you took advantage of the offer that we’re now up to four Lifetime Subscriber walls at the end of every video. Crazy!
But something that awesome can’t last forever. Which means that, in just a few days, Lifetime Subscriptions will return to their regular price of $300.
With no plans to do another wild discount like that any time soon.
So.
If you haven’t already, snag an $89 (via Bitcoin) or $99 (via Substack or Locals) Lifetime Subscription.
Then let me know if you’d like to be added to the Lifetime Wall of Shame Awesomeness.
My guess is, a the current rate, that 4th Lifetime Wall will be full by Friday.
Bonkers.
And, once again, thank you to each and every subscriber. The Lunduke Journal would not be possible without you.
-Lunduke
Whew! It’s been another wild week for Tech News!
Here’s a crazy stat for ya:
We are currently 16 days into 2026, and The Lunduke Journal has already recorded 19 shows (17 of which have been published on every platform, and 2 others to be published this weekend everywhere… but are already available via the MP4 download page). And that’s with taking New Year’s Day off (and getting the flu this week).
It’s a heck of a lot of Tech News, to be sure.
If you only have time to watch a few of shows, I recommend these 3 as being the most interesting (or important… or just… strange) from the last week:
In other words: A pretty gosh-darned crazy week for Linux.
(Those links are to Lunduke.Substack.com, but you can watch all of those shows on any other platform. As always.)
A few other notes on this, most excellent, Friday!
The Lunduke Journal started publishing to TikTok this week. Why? Who knows! Because we can!
If you are a subscriber you can get access to the MP4 download pages (as well as the official forum) by following instructions on the Perks Page.
So, you know, you want one of those.
And, with that, I leave you with a screenshot of the MP4 listing of the shows so far in 2026. Bonkers.
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