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September 13, 2023
The Lunduke Locals Triple Pass + Massive progress on our subscription goal!

(Update: 11 subscription to go in the first goal! So close! So close! Just a few more will push us over! Awesome!)


Many quick things to share! These questions came up during today's Live Stream, so here's the details written up!

The Lunduke Locals Triple Pass

Want to get a subscription to all three Lunduke-run Locals sites at the same time? Only billed once a year? At a discount?

That's what we are now calling "The Lunduke Locals Triple Pass". And it costs $95 per year (the standard Annual option per site is $45).

1) Go to https://lunduke.locals.com/subscription
2) Choose "Annual"
3) Set the amount to $95 (the dollar field is editable)
4) Then email Lunduke (bryan at lunduke.com) to let him know you picked it up.

Shazam. You now have full access to all three sites:

  • Lunduke.Locals.com
  • NerdyEntertainment.Locals.com
  • ConservativeNerds.Locals.com

It's basically a "Pay for a discounted Yearly membership for two... get the third for 5 bucks... and only pay once per year." Essentially makes the cost per site / per month $2.63.

The September Subscription Goal

When I checked earlier this afternoon we were 14 subscriptions away from our first September goal!

That means: If we get just 14 more subscriptions... Linux Sucks 2023 will be released for free to the world!

Plus... we are well on our way to being able to afford to make our podcast completely free... on a free RSS feed! We can do this!

Some important notes about how we handle subscription accounting:

1) All subscribers -- across all three Lunduke managed Locals sites -- counts towards the total.

2) That "Lunduke Locals Triple Pass" way of subscribing? It counts as 3 subscriptions (one for each Locals site).

In other words: If 4 people pick up the "Triple Pass" that counts as 12 total subscriptions... and gets us most of the way to the first goal. 😎

If you already subscribe to Lunduke.Locals.com... and then you pick up one of the other two Locals sites... that adds one towards the goal as well.

Everyone adding to the subscription count right now gets a massive virtual high five. No matter what kind of subscription (Monthly, Yearly, Triple Pass, or any of the Locals sites). It all gets us towards the big goals.

Which I am growing increasingly confident we are going to hit.

AWESOME.

Lifetime Subscriber Notes

A few questions came up about Lifetime Subscriptions I wanted to make note of as well:

1) All existing Lifetime Subscriptions are fully honored (and always will be honored). You guys rule.

2) No new Lifetime Subscriptions will ever be made available. That program is closed. Permanently. With the door welded shut. 🤣

3) If you already have a Lifetime Subscription and do not have access to all of the three Locals sites (and want access) just email bryan at lunduke.com. I can set your access easy peasy.

4) Lifetime Subscriptions do not count towards my subscription number goals. Lifetime Subscribers are amazing, but the way the accounting is done those don't technically count towards the active subscription count.

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January 13, 2026
Germany Paid Arch Linux $500K to Re-write Package Management in Rust

The German Sovereign Tech Agency paid half a million dollars to create
"Rust libraries and tools" for Arch package management. One question: WHY?!

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January 12, 2026
Linus Torvalds: Vibe Coder

From Red Hat to The Linux Foundation, the majority of the Open Source world is moving towards Al assisted programming. And now Linus Torvalds is "vibe coding".

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January 12, 2026
DRM-Free MP4 Downloads for 2026, $89 Lifetime Subs All January

A quick heads up: The DRM-Free, MP4 Downloads for Lunduke Journal shows are live for 2026! Plus: The popular $89 Lifetime Subscription deal is back through the end of January!

More from The Lunduke Journal:
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00:09:33
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:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4898317/give-the-gift-of-the-lunduke-journal

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

Give the gift of The Lunduke Journal:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4898317/give-the-gift-of-the-lunduke-journal

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
January 13, 2026
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22 hours ago

#C64 Yours truly got published in this months Compute!'s Gazette! Volume 2, Issue 1.

https://www.computesgazette.com/

I wrote a BASIC program, WORDY, that plays 5-letter Wordle. You can find the article and program starting on page 67.

The word list has been shortened to fit in the magazine, but the full program can be found here:

https://github.com/nullman/c64-basic?tab=readme-ov-file#wordy

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22 hours ago

State of Gen AI for those that Hate Gen AI

I’ve been “team gen AI” from day 1, 3 years ago, when ChatGPT was released. It’s the future! I was confident and have spent the last three years skilling up and keeping track of the movement. The pushback from my fellow nerds was immediate and visceral. GenAI has ALL THE THINGS that so many people hate. Big Tech, Cloud, Privacy Concerns, IP “theft”. And those are just the underpinnings that no matter how it actually performed made people into GenAI resistors. But did it work? I remember clearly the early debates. So, new year, new look back.

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TLDR: GenAI is here to stay. It’s already mainstream and in coding - we have Linus Torvalds (Linux), DHH (Ruby on Rails, Basecamp, Omarchy), Dan Abramov (React), Salvatore Sanfilippo (Antirez) Redis: who all resisted initially and now publicly admit: this stuff is useful.
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Were the criticisms wrong? Mostly not. Were the predictions of GenAI’s failure wrong?...

Lunduke's Lifetime Subscriber Wall 3 is almost full!

Holy moly.

This afternoon I sat down to update the 3rd Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber wall — adding in all of you who sent in requests over the last week or so.

And, boy howdy, were there a lot of you! So many, in fact, that the 3rd Lifetime Wall only has room for around 6 or 7 more names (depending on the name lengths)! That’s crazy!

If you want to make it onto “The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber” Wall number 3… send me an email (bryan at lunduke.com) with the way you would like your name to be displayed.

Or, if you’re not already a Lifetime Subscriber, remedy that for $89. (Which, you know, is a pretty gosh darned good value.) … Then send me that email requesting to be added to the wall.

Once Wall 3 is full, we’ll start in on Wall number 4 (that’s nuts). At the current rate, I expect Wall 4 to debut this week.

And, as always, thank you for your support. Whatever kind of subscription you have, it is deeply appreciated. Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime. All are amazing. You make The Lunduke Journal possible.

You rule.

-Lunduke

 
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January 13, 2026
Lunduke Out Sick Tomorrow

I’ve got the flu (or something else yucky) and need to take the day off tomorrow.

But I don’t really have a normal “boss” to email. Heck, all of you are sort of like my collective boss.

So I’m emailing you:

Boss, *cough cough* Lunduke is out sick tomorrow.

Which means no new shows on Wednesday. Hoping to rest up and be back with new shows on Thursday.

If you’ve missed any shows over the last few weeks, now’s a good chance to catch up.

And feel free to grab one of those fancy-shmancy $89 Lifetime Subscriptions while you’re at it. That won’t make my flu go away any faster… but it definitely won’t hurt.

Unrelated note: Buying stock in Nyquil might not be a bad idea. I think I’m about to increase their profits.

-Lunduke

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January 12, 2026
Lunduke Journal email hiccups, 2026 MP4's, & $89 Lifetime Subs

A few super-quick Lunduke Journal housekeeping updates:

  • The Lunduke Journal’s email server has had a few hiccups — if you had sent an email to “bryan at lunduke.com” in the last couple days, and have not received an expected response, send the email again.

  • The 2026 MP4 Downloads page is up and going! If you are a subscriber (of any kind) you can find details on how to gain access on the Subscriber Perks Page.

  • The popular $89 Lifetime Subscription deal is back through the end of January. Standard Monthly & Yearly subscriptions are also discounted (50% off). Grab ‘em while they’re hot!

That is all. Back to your regularly scheduled nerdiness.

-Lunduke

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