I broke both my C and V keys while cultivating this collection of pictures.
My CTRL key is fine.
Which is weird.
There's so much Woke Software out there. Browsers like Mozilla Firefox & Google Chrome. Operating Systems from Red Hat, SUSE, & Microsoft. And so many others. What are some good -- Non-Woke -- alternatives?
Because we should all be able to use software that doesn't hate us for being normal.
If you need telemetry and usage data... maybe you just suck at making software.
Just as The Lunduke Journal said was going to happen after the GNOME Shaman disaster.
GNOME Foundation Update from the Board: 2024-10:
https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/10/07/update-from-the-board-2024-10/
Lunduke Journal related coverage:
The GNOME 5 Year plan: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Nonexistent PowerPoint Slides:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5691475/the-gnome-5-year-plan-diversity-equity-inclusion-nonexistent-powerpoint-slides
GNOME Ousts Elected Board Member in Secret... and Tells Nobody for 2 Months:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5899324/gnome-ousts-elected-board-member-in-secret-and-tells-nobody-for-2-months
Is the GNOME Foundation Going to Go Bankrupt in 1 Year?:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5572069/is-the-gnome-foundation-going-to-go-bankrupt-in-1-year
GNOME's Shaman Departs as Executive Director after 9 Months on the Job:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5855674/gnomes-shaman-departs-as-executive-director-after-9-months-on-the-job
GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team...
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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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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New episode is out. I can't remember who was asking for me to talk about my experience with Helene, but here it is. Lot's of good news stuff too.
https://retropunk.substack.com/p/rmp-039-lessons-from-hurricane-helene
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Another week, another software organization goes nuts and darn near destroys itself by attacking its own users and developers. This time, its the Godot game engine enacting a mass "cleansing" of people based on political ideas.
Bonkers. 100% bonkers.
Luckily we also had some good news this week! The Ladybird Browser project adopts a surprisingly reasonable Code of Conduct (I know, right?), and some mad scientist managed to get a DOOM re-implementation running on a theoretical Quantum Computer.
Which. Is just... weird. But awesome.
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