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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. šŸ˜Ž

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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November 10, 2025
DHH Talks to Lunduke

David Heinemeier Hansson (aka "DHH", the creator of Ruby on Rails & Omarchy Linux), talks with Lunduke about Linux "selling out", what a "distro" is, & the attacks from activists within Open Source.

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November 07, 2025
GNOME Declares War on Framework Computer

GNOME OS Team says Framework "supports Fascist and Racist s***heads", "does not feel comfortable in further collaboration". GNOME Board wants to talk to groups "reconsidering working with Framework".

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00:19:09
November 06, 2025
Can We Trust Rust?

Debian Linux and Ubuntu are forcing adoption of Rust at core levels of the system. Considering the large numbers of Leftist Extremist Activists among Rust developers... can that software be trusted?

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00:24:30
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
14 hours ago

Security Alert!
Check your libraries!!

15 hours ago
November 10, 2025

BTW - I use Arch!

Never thought i'd say that. I'm more of a Linux Mint kind of person, but Omarchy looked so interesting.

My daughter's 2013 Macbook Air - that I spent good money for as her high school graduation present - is in perfect condition. It helps that she hasn't touched it in years. But seriously, this computer is mint. It's just 12 years old and Apple stopped supporting it with OS security update a year ago.

All my Macs will eventually be Linux machines. This is the first one. The installation went flawless.

I can't tell you much yet - as the VERY first thing I did was come here to inform you all -- that I use Arch ;)

Oh, and the caps lock button doesn't work. Weird. But the screen is beautiful - I don't know if it's Arch or Omarchy, but Chrome doesn't look "Linux Fugly" like normal.

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Lunduke taking Veteran's Day off

Today, we honor our veterans and their service to our nation.

Great men, like my grandfather who, during World War II, joined the Navy at 14 years old. He was a big, older-looking teenager… so, as was not unheard of, he lied about his age on the paperwork in order to go fight the Axis.

And his father, who joined in the year leading up to the start of World War I.

I am taking this Veteran’s Day off. In part to spend time helping my children learn about their family’s US military history (which goes back, on multiple lines, to the very beginning of our nation). And in part… to watch one of the greatest movies ever made, The Great Escape. Because, hey, Steve McQueen and James Garner! Pretty sure my Grandpa would approve.

Lunduke Journal shows will resume tomorrow (and I’ve got an awesome one lined up).

In the meantime, if you haven’t watched yesterday’s DHH interview yet, highly recommended. Watch (or listen) to it anywhere you like.

And, in the grand tradition of ā€œVeterans Day Salesā€, I’ve extended the 50% off all Lunduke Journal subscriptions discount through this coming Friday. Because I can. Pretty sure my Grandpa would approve of that too.

-Lunduke

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November 06, 2025
50% off Lunduke Journal subs extended through Nov 10th

Just a quick heads up:

The Lunduke Journal has a 50% off discount on all types of subscriptions — Monthly, Yearly, and The World Famous Lifetime Subscriptions (tm). And that discount has been extended through this coming Monday (November 10th).

Just for kicks.

All of the details are right here.

Or you can always go to Lunduke.com and click the fancy-shmancy ā€œ50% offā€ link.

Here’s a map on how to find that link.

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Think of it like a treasure map. Only better. Because you don’t need to stand up and walk. Walking is hard.

-Lunduke

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November 01, 2025
$3/Month, $27/Year, $150/Lifetime for The Lunduke Journal

For those who missed it:

50% off Lunduke Journal subscriptions through Monday (Nov 3rd).

At half-off, that means the price of a full Lunduke Journal is:

  • $3 / Month (normally $6)
  • $27 / Year (normally $54)
  • $150 / Lifetime (normally $300)

No matter which subscription you choose, you get all of the perks.

Plus, Lifetime Subscribers get two extra goodies:

Pick whichever type of subscription you want, get some cool perks, feel awesome about supporting Big-Tech Free, non-Woke Tech Journalism.

-Lunduke

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