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February 20, 2023
Pay-What-You-Want Lunduke Chat-a-thon until Midnight!

A huge thank you to everyone who has sent in questions for the Call-in Radio Pilot show this Thursday! Your help in getting me a weekly radio show is massively appreciated!

The one thing that would be ideal is if, when I meet with the radio network executives, I can show them:

  • Massive current growth of Lunduke Journal subscriber-ship and
  • A big, round number of Founding Member and Lifetime subscribers

To make that happen, I’m willing to bend over backwards — as this is a crazy good opportunity for both me and The Lunduke Journal in general.

Pay What You Want for a Fancy Subscription!

Here’s what we’re going to do:

From now until Midnight (Central Time), Founding Member subscriptions and Lifetime Subscriptions are Pay What you Want! (Up to a point!)

  • Anything over $50 will qualify for a Founding Member Subscription.
  • And anything over $125 will qualify for a Lifetime Subscription

This is insanely cheap. Obviously, if you feel you can afford a higher amount… that would be appreciated. But if those amounts are all you can afford? Go for it!

I’m going to hop in a live chat — both on Lunduke.Locals.com and on the Lunduke Journal Discord Server — for the entire time. A Lunduke Chat-a-Thon between now and midnight tonight (Central Time).

While these prices are — obviously — crazy low… if it results in a significant surge in new or upgraded subscriptions it will be MORE than worth it. Every single sub that results from this is going to make a big difference this next week.

To get a Founding Member Subscription:

  • Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/subscription.
  • Choose the "Annual" option.
  • Enter "$50" (or more) in the amount field.

To get a Lifetime Subscription:

  • Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.
  • Choose "Give Once".
  • Enter "$125" (or more) in the amount field.

Pretty easy. If you hit any snags or have questions, just yell. I'll be in the chat. 😉

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NetBSD Says No to Rust

"Rust in the core of NetSD is probably a non-starter," says long-time NetBSD developer. "Keeping Rust working is quite a bit of work."

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00:20:49
February 05, 2026
PSX Emu Dev Says No Packaging for Arch or NixOS

Connor McLaughlin, the developer of Duckstation, a popular Playstation emulator, calls NixOS and Arch Linux "hostile package environments", and blocks building for those Linux distributions.

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00:13:03
February 04, 2026
The Big Tech Execs in The Epstein Files

Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Steven Sinofsky, Richard Branson, and Steve Ballmer. All in the Epstein Files... but for different reasons. Plus: The BASH manual. Seriously.

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00:38:14
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.

Looking for the Podcast RSS feed or other links? Check here:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4619051/lunduke-journal-link-central-tm

Give the gift of The Lunduke Journal:
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The futility of Ad-Blockers
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! 🤣

Looking for the Podcast RSS feed or other links?
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Give the gift of The Lunduke Journal:
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openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"
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

Life reward - iPad time with my grandson.

Shhhh - he doesn’t know it’s a refurbed Android tablet 😎

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It's bad enough that "they" want to put RUST in every FOSS Project.

However, forcing children to Learn RUST as their First Language is taking things too far.

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I found a couple of old articles that I thought would interest the computer history nerds here.

First is an article from ComputerWorld 1985 about developers avoiding IBM’s AT (released August 1984).

https://gitpi.us/article-archive/software-developers-stear-clear-of-ibm-at/

Next, an article from the February 1994 NeXTWORLD talks about a partnership between NeXT and Sun to set the standard for object-oriented computing. This was three years before the end of NeXT.

https://gitpi.us/article-archive/grand-opening/

Finally, an article from May 1995 examines Microsoft, calling it the new IBM. The article also mentions that Microsoft tried to purchase Intuit in 1994, which is interesting because in the last couple of years, Intuit has been going on its own buying spree. Almost like Intuit wants to become a monopoly.

https://gitpi.us/article-archive/making-sense-of-microsoft/

January 31, 2026
$89 Lifetime Offer Ends at Midnight!

I’ll make this quick: The $89 Lifetime Subscription offer for The Lunduke Journal ends at midnight tonight (Saturday, January 31st).

Once the calendar reads “February” — poof — the deal is gone.

If you wanted to save 70% on a Lifetime Subscription, these are your final hours.

A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up during this crazy deal. We are this close to filling up the 4th Lifetime Subscriber Wall (there’s a possibility it might fill up in the next few hours).

Far beyond anything I was expecting. All of you are absolutely amazing. The Lunduke Journal would not be possible without you.

If you were on contemplating grabbing that Lifetime Sub, I’d jump on it right now. The price goes back up to normal ($300) in about 12 hours or so.

Get it while it’s cheap!

-Lunduke

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January 30, 2026
The End of the $89 Lifetime Sub is Nigh!

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:

  1. Grab the $89 Lifetime Subscription before it ends tomorrow night.

  2. High five yourself for saving money and supporting Indie Tech Journalism.

  3. Maybe… grab a donut?

That is all.

-Lunduke

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January 25, 2026
$89 Lifetime Lunduke Subs ends this week!

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.

  1. If you haven’t already, snag an $89 (via Bitcoin) or $99 (via Substack or Locals) Lifetime Subscription.

  2. 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

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