This week I decided, on a bit of a whim, to publish the 2024 edition of "Linux Sucks" over on YouTube.  Of course, all of you on Lunduke.Locals.com have had that show since February (along with every other version of Linux Sucks, from every year).  But, hey.  Gotta throw a bone to the YouTube die-hards every now and then, right?  😎

Also, this week, we got to spend time talking about both Microsoft Write running on an Atari ST... and Socialism.  So, all in all, I'd call it a good week.

The Videos

• How much RAM will you need in 5 years?
• Lunduke's Nerdy Q & A - June 26, 2024
• Open Source is not Socialism (or Communism)

The Articles

• Funny Programming Pictures Part XLVI

• Lunduke Computer Operating System Status - June 28, 2024

• A tour through computing in 1961... over 60 years ago

• Microsoft Write - The First Word Processor for Windows (ported to Mac... and Atari ST)

Previous Few Weeks

• June 16 - June 22, 2024
• June 9 - June 15, 2024
• June 2 - June 8, 2024

• May 26 - June 1, 2024

• May 19 - May 25, 2024

• May 12 - May 18, 2024

• May 5 - May 11, 2024

Reminder: Check out The Lunduke Journal Link Central page for all the handy URLS.  Podcast RSS feeds, contact info, direct links to some of the big shows and articles and a bunch of other goodies.  And be sure to subscribe to The Lunduke Journal to help support the work... and make sure you don't miss out on anything.

Week number 2 of The Lunduke Computer Operating System is in the can!  It's exciting to see things quickly take shape -- both from a technical and organizational point of view.

Here's a quick look at some of what went on this week.

First Contributor Onboarding

The first handful of contributors have been onboarded this week -- with developer accounts on our GitLab project.  While we're sitll a couple days off from many tasks being opened up to the contributors, this was a key step.

Additional contributors will be setup over the next week as we get more portions of the project rolling.  If you've reached out to me to express your interest in being part of the project, you're on the list.  No need to check in with me just yet.

Logo Awesomeness

First, Don Thornton created an SVG version of the Lunduke Computer Operating System Logo.  Based on the bitmap one... but... you know... vector.  Which means we can do a lot more with it (and scale it to a much higher resolution.

Then Duncan rolled in and used his "Blender-fu" to create this awesome looking render.

Which... not gonna lie... I love it.

Build Environment and Scripting

Work continued this week on documenting the OS build environment, as well as preparing the early revision of the build script for initial publication.

At the current rate, the first version of both the documentation (which will live on the Wiki) and the script should be published in the next few days.

On that note: Another work item that needs to be tackled pretty quickly (ideally before the next week is out) is to document the workflow for submitting changes.  That way all contributors will know exactly how to submit their code contributions.  It's a small thing, but important.

The Forum

After a great deal of back and forth -- and investigating -- a decision has been reached on how to host the official Forum.  If all goes according to plan, that should be up and running this weekend.

We took a few extra days to make sure we got this right -- as this is where much of the official organizing and decision making for the project will occur.  We'll need to live with this decision for some time.

Once the forum is live, it will be linked to directly from Lunduke.com.

Past Status Reports

• June 21, 2024