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The Lunduke Journal's 5 Rules of Awesomeness
October 04, 2022

The Lunduke Journal lives by 5 simple — but awesome — rules.

#1 - No politics. Only nerdiness.

Scroll through the archive of The Lunduke Journal. You know what you won’t find? Politics.

Not even off-handed remarks. No politics. Never.

Why? Because we all deserve to have a nerdy sanctuary. A place where all people — no matter what their political leanings — can go to enjoy reading articles, listening to shows, watching videos, or simply hanging out with fellow nerds… without politics getting involved.

Everyone — no matter what your politics — is welcome at The Lunduke Journal.

#2 - No taking money from corporations. Ever.

The Lunduke Journal does not take a single penny from any company. No advertising. No sponsorships. No paid projects.

When The Lunduke Journal says something, you can be confident that statement has not been influenced by any company. That’s pretty cool (and rare).

This means The Lunduke Journal is funded — %100 — by subscriptions from awesome nerds like you. Thank you. You make the world more awesome.

#3 - No buzzwords.

What you won’t find at The Lunduke Journal: articles about Enterprise, high-uptime, Serverless, Containerized, synergistic deployment services facilitating B2B collaboration.

Because that stuff is boring.

#4 - Computers should bring us joy.

What you will find at The Lunduke Journal: Linux, UNIX, Alternative OS, Retro Computing, Computer History, and all manner of other computer nerd topics that make you smile.

Because — and this is important — The Lunduke Journal firmly believes that computers should bring us joy.

#5 - Keep it family friendly.

Want to listen to a tech podcast with your kids around? Or at work?

It can be a challenge! A large number of Linux & Open Source podcasts tend to use rather naughty words. Or get deeply political.

Not The Lunduke Journal!

Every podcast — and every article — is safe for work. And, what’s more, safe to enjoy with your kids around. Because nerdiness should be passed on to the next generation.

Become Part of the Awesomeness

Over a thousand of you have already become full subscribers to The Lunduke Journal.

The Lunduke Journal is possible — literally — because of all of you. It is you that allows this publication to stay completely free of all corporate influence. And that is pretty amazing.

If you haven’t subscribed yet, now is a great time to join in the fun. There’s lots of ways to subscribe (some super cheap, some less cheap)… and all of those subscription options directly go to funding the production of The Lunduke Journal.

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That is all. Back to your regularly scheduled nerdiness.

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Gay software, Leftist Activists destroying computing, attacks on privacy, & more. Plus: Lunduke Journal had 14.9 Million views in December alone.

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Presented in descending order of views received, starting with the most viewed.

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Of those 10 stories… 4 of them were not reported on by any other major Tech News outlets. And 3 of the other stories were first reported by The Lunduke Journal (and then picked up by other journalists).

That’s… wild.

Worth Pondering

We know that The Lunduke Journal gets more social media traction and views than any other “Mainstream” Tech Journalism outlets (including the ones which claim to have “millions” of followers).

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Period.

Which means that this list of “Top Tech News of 2025” is about as close to definitive as we’re likely to get.

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Lunduke Journal Stats for December

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  • 2,196 new free subscribers on the primary platforms.

  • 342 shows, in total, in 2025.

  • $0.00 (zero) taken from any corporation.

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Despite that, The Lunduke Journal had a pretty stellar month in December of 2025. Second biggest month of the year (only slightly behind the previous month, which set multiple records), clocking in at just shy of 15 million “views”.

I’ll take it.

 

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A huge thank you, as always, to the amazing subscribers to The Lunduke Journal.

None of this work would be possible without you.

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