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Live chatted 08/15/2022
New books and monthly PDFs from The Lunduke Journal

Got some fun stuff happening at The Lunduke Journal, and wanted to take a quick moment to make sure all of you are in-the-loop.

New Books

I just published “Lunduke’s History of Computers - Volume 2”. And, just like all of the other dozen eBooks, it’s available as a DRM-Free PDF for all full subscribers.

This is not the only new book that is set to be published in the coming weeks, either. Keep an eye on the subscriber benefits page so you don’t miss out.

https://lunduke.substack.com/p/all-the-subscriber-benefits-for-the

New Monthly PDF

Starting this month, all of the articles published on The Lunduke Journal will be collected together and published in a single PDF. “The Lunduke Journal of Technology” PDFs will provide a handy-dandy, advertising-free way to read The Lunduke Journal articles on any computer or device you like.

Print it out. Put it on your eBook reader. Archive it for posterity. (This will only be made available to full subscribers.)

Lifetime Subscriptions

The Lunduke Journal now has a “Lifetime Subscription” option — which comes with all the benefits of standard subscriptions + all the benefits of the super-fancy Founding Member Subscriptions.

Plus… it is good for life. Pay once, get every goody (every podcast, book, article, video, etc.) released by The Lunduke Journal. Forever.

https://lunduke.substack.com/about

As a little bonus, if you are already a paying subscriber to The Lunduke Journal, you can subtract everything you have paid this calendar year (since January) from the total amount for a Lifetime Subscription.

Example: If you have a $5/month subscription since January, you can subtract $40 from the cost of a Lifetime Subscription ($5/month * 8 Months).

If you have any questions on Lifetime Subscriptions or how they work, feel free to reach out to me either via Email ([email protected]) or via private message on Lunduke.Locals.com. I’ll help you out.

More Live Chats

Also... we should do more live chats. This post on Locals, for example, is a live chat. I'll hang out here for an hour or so after publishing this. Give us all a chance to relax, goof off, and chat.

-Lunduke

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LCOS 1.0 is Locked, Loaded, & Ready for Release Nov 1st

The Lunduke Computer Operating System has: No Age or ID Verification. No Online Accounts. No Built-in AI Features. No Weird Politics.

Get your name in the LCOS About Window:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/8288705/3-days-left-to-get-your-name-into-lcos-1-0-s-about-window

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
October 27, 2026
"Fk Open Source" Says Leaders of GNOME, Elementary, Others

"What we need is free software … which [is] anti-fascist, feminist, anti-racist, Igbtq+ inclusive, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-genai, etc."

More from The Lunduke Journal:
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Lifetime Sub Sale, Plus Your Name on the LCOS About Window:
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lifetime-sub-sale-plus-your-name

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
October 26, 2026
r/OpenSource Bans AI, Gets Criticized, Blames Lunduke

"If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it's not welcome on r/OpenSource," says Reddit Moderator.

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Lifetime Sub Sale, Plus Your Name on the LCOS About Window:
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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
November 22, 2023
The futility of Ad-Blockers

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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https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4619051/lunduke-journal-link-central-tm

Give the gift of The Lunduke Journal:
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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
November 21, 2023
openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"

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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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
September 13, 2023
"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044

This episode is free for all to enjoy and share.

Be sure to subscribe here at Lunduke.Locals.com to get all shows & articles (including interviews with other amazing nerds).

"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044
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Barry 6502gs@Barry6502gs
October 26, 2026

RE: Anthropic Hacked....
[from article] The breach was not in Claude itself - the hackers exploited flaws in third-party business software, the kind of administrative and sales tools most companies run. The Post withheld the vendors' names.

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Barry 6502gs@Barry6502gs
October 25, 2026

Wandering around YouTube ... Rank the "Programming" Laws
👨‍🔬 Maybe, you've seen these LONG AGO, and haven't thought about them in years.... If you're currently in DevOps, something might remind you of a "different" solution to try.

📺 Programming Laws Tier list - The Primeagen + TheStandup (YouTube)

Afterthought: When I began watching the video, I had find "an old idea" (by using Grok)....

Goodhart’s Law is the name of the principle you are describing.

The most widely quoted form is:

> When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

People who design or run a system choose a measurement (test scores, sales numbers, response times, production counts, readiness rates, etc.) because it seems to track the system’s real purpose. Once that measurement is used to reward, punish, rank, or control people, those people optimize for the measurement itself. The overall performance of the system often declines even as the ...

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
22 hours ago
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3 Days Left to get your name into LCOS 1.0’s About Window!

Holy imminent operating system release, Batman!

Three things worth knowing:

  1. Saturday, October 31st is the last day to get your name into the LCOS About Window by picking up a Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscription.

  2. Saturday, October 31st is also the last day when Lifetime Subscriptions are massively discounted. (Crazy, how those two dates line up! What a coincidence!)

  3. Sunday, November 1st is the official release date for LCOS 1.0!

Want your name in the About window for the Lunduke Computer Operating System 1.0? You’ve got about 3 days left to make it happen!

Here’s what to do:

  1. Go to this page and pick up a Lifetime Subscription (aka “One Time Contribution with Lots of Perks”).

  2. Within a few hours, you’ll receive a confirmation email from yours truly with all the details.

  3. Reply to that email with how you want your name displayed in the LCOS 1.0 About Window (nick name, first name, or full name are all aok).

Just be sure complete step 3 before midnight (Central Time) on Saturday, October 31st so it definitely makes it onto the final LCOS 1.0 build! My advice? Do this by Friday, October 30th so there’s no chance you miss it!

Huge thank you to everyone who has been supporting The Lunduke Journal and LCOS! You make all of this possible!

-Lunduke

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
October 17, 2026
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LCOS 1.0 Ships on November 1st!

A release date has officially been selected!

The Lunduke Computer Operating System (LCOS) 1.0 will ship on November 1st… just two weeks from now!

A few quick tidbits worth mentioning:

Worth repeating: If you want your name in the LCOS About Window (see the screenshot below), you only have through October 31st to grab a Lifetime Subscription to The Lunduke Journal and make that happen.

Huge thank you to everyone who has contributed with both hardware testing and financial support. We’ve had absolutely tremendous momentum over the last few months, and that wouldn’t have been possible without all of you.

-Lunduke

 
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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke
October 13, 2026
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LCOS 0.9.3 has Landed! Plus: How to Help.

The Lunduke Computer Operating System (LCOS) is flying towards the official, 1.0 release — with version 0.9.3 now available for testing!

Between now and 1.0, LCOS is laser focused on a) fixing bugs and b) making sure it runs (and runs well) on as much hardware as possible.

Right now, LCOS needs your help. Here’s how:

  1. Test the latest LCOS release on your hardware. Hit any snags? Report them on GitHub, the Lunduke Forum, or via DM on X.

  2. Donate to LCOS (and The Lunduke Journal), so that we can expand our hardware testing lab (among other expenses).

If you haven’t already, watch the LCOS Roadmap video, to get an idea for where we’re heading (in 1.0 and beyond).

Then check out this page, for details on how to support LCOS & The Lunduke Journal (and get your name on the LCOS 1.0 About window in the process).

A huge thank you to everyone who has already contributed (in both ways)! With your help, we are making LCOS into the best gosh darned system in all the land.

-Lunduke

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