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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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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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FOSDEM Goes Political
The Keynote for FOSDEM 2026, the largest Open Source Conference, declared they are "becoming more political, for obvious reasons," & "the time to be nice about a few things is finally over."
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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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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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You know, I've forgotten how much I enjoy hanging out here. :-D
I love that @Lunduke continues reporting the news that isn't getting reported anywhere else. Sometimes it gets old - another foundation or whoever goes hard left, another tech legend got banned, another system gets hacked, etc. But it's important enough that I still want to follow it. And he still works in some fun stuff too (like his ReactOS piece, which kinda has me wanting to create my own Linux distro with a fully Win32 userland). :-D
But he's not the only one creating awesome stuff on here! In case you're not aware...
- @Greg_Gauthier has not one, not two, but three channels going! Old Computer Nerd, Old Sci-Fi Nerd, and Old Philosophy Nerd. I just spent like 2 hours following along on this cool "let's do a type-in BASIC program" video. More on that later.
- @Dirt2901 posts random YouTube videos that always lead to fun! Whether it's new emulators, computing history, tutorials, or random stuff like "hard to ...
AI Signal - Meet Theo and The Primeagen
Don't listen to me. You don't know if I'm talented or full of slop myself. But I would highly recommend listening to people who love to code, are highly paid and accomplished at coding. And are finding their own way to use AI.
These are not "AI is awesome, my Clawdbot is making me 100k per day" hucksters. These are guys writing about coding topics years before AI, and both have been "learning in public".
Theo - used to work at Twitch. He now has his own companies and products including T3.chat ($8/mo chat app with LOTS of models). He also is a VC investing and advising startups. He's opinionated and makes great coding content. In this video, he tells you a simple way to go from "AI slop" style web apps, to very attractive and different. It's pretty cool. Spoiler - you create a skill (basically a saved prompt) where you give really good instructions. He shows you how to do this and gives a link to the skill he created.
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$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!
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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:
Grab the $89 Lifetime Subscription before it ends tomorrow night.
High five yourself for saving money and supporting Indie Tech Journalism.
Maybe… grab a donut?
That is all.
-Lunduke
$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.
If you haven’t already, snag an $89 (via Bitcoin) or $99 (via Substack or Locals) Lifetime Subscription.
Then let me know if you’d like to be added to the Lifetime Wall of
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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.
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