Instead of the regular shows (audio podcasts & videos), The Lunduke Journal will be publishing only articles for the next week.
I’m traveling this week, and recording shows is a little tricky. But there are some great stories that deserve to be told — so articles it is!
Be sure you’re following The Lunduke Journal on any of the four platforms where articles are published (all are free to follow be alerted to new articles).
-Lunduke
That concept, known as "Linus's Law", is not only wrong... it's wildly wrong. Another fallacy often repeated in Open Source: "Diversity makes better software."
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An open source library used by many of the most well known applications, including VirtualBox, GNOME, Edge, & VLC, has been officially abandoned and is now marked as "unmaintained".
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According to a reporter at the Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit, "Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental - it is now a core part of the kernel and is here to stay."
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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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[from X.com - Grummz post] Poll ... Gaming: Is It The Design That Matters?
Essentially, the the current "AAA Games" which put "everything" into Social Ideology messaging LOST. 🔥
https://x.com/Grummz/status/1999167652296818935
For some reason videos are not processing on Locals at all. At least for me. Have two shows sitting in the "processing" queue for a full day now (with a third about to be added).
I'm talking with the Locals crew about this. Hopefully should be resolved quickly. Luckily those shows are on all of the other platforms as a backup.
This last week has been, as usual, a doozy for Tech News.
The Mozilla Annual Report dropped, The EU & UK ramped up their war on US Free Speech, and the future of Rust in Linux was cemented (for better or worse).
But the most widely viewed, and yelled about, story of the week — by far — was “Prisma Drops Rust for Javascript, Sees Massive Speed Increase”. I tell ya, followers of the Church of Rust get grumpy if you utter anti-Rust blasphemy!
Oh, and a quick reminder: Lifetime Subscriptions can be snagged for $89 through the end of December. Monthly & Yearly subscriptions are 50% off as well. Just because.
Below are all of the shows over the last 7 days, with links to Substack (where you can get both the audio or video versions). If you want to watch on a different platform (Locals, X, Rumble, YouTube, etc.) check Lunduke.com for all of the links.
Trans Prostitute Programmer Turns Down Sponsorship From Framework Affiliated Company
New Study Suggests Nick Fuentes’s X Account Propped Up by Foreign Bots
Prisma Drops Rust for Javascript, Sees Massive Speed Increase
Wikipedia Made $184 Million in 2025, Spent $3.4 Million on Hosting
As always, thank you for making The Lunduke Journal possible. If it weren’t for your support, most of these stories would never have been told (as no other Tech News outlet is covering them).
You rule.
-Lunduke
Holy tidal wave of subscriptions, Batman! I was not fully prepared for the flood of people taking advantage of the $89 Lifetime Sub deal!
But, hey! That’s a good thing! Welcome, new Lunduke Journal subscribers!
A few quick reminders and bits of info on this glorious Sunday:
The $89 Lifetime Subscription deal is good through Monday, Dec 1st. That’s tomorrow. All prices go back to normal on Tuesday.
For everyone who has already snagged the $89 Lifetime Sub this weekend, you will be receiving a confirmation email by sometime on Monday.
For every Lifetime Subscriber who wants to be added to the “Lifetime Wall” at the end of the shows (but isn’t already), toss me an email and let me know how you want your name to be displayed. I’m adding a second wall which will debut in tomorrow’s show (ran out of space on the first wall).
Same goes for Lifetime Subscribers who want the Lunduke Journal X account to follow your X account. Email me. Let me know what your X handle is. I’ll take it from there.
For the new subscribers: You can find links and details on the various perks (regardless of where you subscribe from) right here.
Monday should be fun. We’ve already got quite a few stories to cover for this week… and it’s not even Monday yet!
I took off a couple days, last week, to celebrate Thanksgiving. I figured, “There won’t be too many new stories breaking during Thanksgiving!” Boy, was I wrong!
See all of you on Monday!
-Lunduke
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ll be taking off the next few days to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. You may still find me posting a few tidbits over on X, in between food comas, but no new shows until Sunday.
To all of you amazing nerds who make The Lunduke Journal possible: Thank you.
To say I am grateful for your support, over the last several years, would be the understatement of the century.
Over the last few months, the audience size of The Lunduke Journal has absolutely exploded. Thanks, in large part, to all of you. You not only funded the coverage of these “Free from Big-Tech influence” stories… you helped spread them as well. Far and wide.
Because of you, stories are being told which would otherwise fly under the radar, hidden by the mainstream Tech Press.
You are, in a word, awesome. And I am thankful, every day, for the trust and support you have shown to The Lunduke Journal.
To all of my fellow Americans, Happy Thanksgiving. May your hearts and your stomaches be full.
To all of my non-American friends, I wish the same. Because there’s never a bad time to have a ridiculously big meal.
-Lunduke
Oh, lest I forget: For those who don’t have a Lunduke Journal subscription yet, there’s a Black Friday sale. Half off. Good stuff. For those of you who have already picked up your subscription, recently or years in the past, you have my thanks.
