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Linux Sucks 2019 - "The Lost Recordings"

The Great Trainwrek!

In 2019, I did a live show called “Linux Sucks: In Space". (The most recent installment of the Linux Sucks series, which has been viewed millions of times over the last few years.)

That 2019 show was a total trainwreck. In nearly every conceivable way.

  • Significant portions of the video were lost.
  • The entire slide deck was lost (seriously).
  • I had two of my kids with me (3 and 8) as my wife was at home with our newborn – and my 3 year old managed to get into several portions of the video (and audio)… being as I don't want to publish widely distributed video of my kids, those chunks became totally unusable.
  • Add to that the fact that some portions of the show just went off the rails anyway… Whew! What a mess! What can ya do, eh? :)

Luckily there were some really fun, usable clips.

I have stitched all of those together (roughly 17 minutes worth) and am presenting them as “Linux Sucks 2019 - The Lost Recordings".

Was going to send this out to all you lovely Locals supporters on Monday. But I'm laying in bed and felt like... why the heck not. Not doing a Lunduke & Friends tonight, so why not upload this ridiculous little show. :)

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The Omarchy Linux logo is on a Le Mans racecar, driven by the project founder.

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XLibre Turns One Year Old

"XLibre is the most actively developed community-maintained X11 display server."

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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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"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044

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That was the most boring WWDC keynote I’ve ever seen.

Repromising the things they sold me for my iPhone 2 years ago and never delivered.

I’m an Apple fan, I have LOTS of Apple products. Other than the AirPods Max, every Apple product I own will be replaced by another one someday.

I can only hope they told the truth that they were fixing bugs and focusing on performance improvements instead of lots of new features for MacOS.

I like AI - and all their AI features except the reperspective on the photo were late, meh or invented by Google.

I’ll use AI in all my Apple products, like I already am…from OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok and Gemini.

Oh, voice short cuts also looked cool.

Apple must not be allowing their employees the use of AI software development

June 07, 2026

In Search of Vulnerabilities

How real is the threat of AI to OSS? How powerful is AI in doing code and security reviews? I already regularly benefit from AI code and security review of my own work. It’s not even a close call, it is OBVIOUSLY powerful and helpful. But what about all that AI Slop PR’s that are plaguing OSS?

So I picked an OSS that is popular, currently maintained and isn’t “millions and millions” of lines of code. It’s a web server, and that’s all I’m going to say about which project. It’s written in C. I’m not a C developer of any kind. I’m not a security expert of any kind. I’ve never hacked into anything in my life - I’m not a hacker of any kind.

But I have a subscription to ChatGPT/Codex.

I pull down the code and have Codex do a review with Gpt 5.5 high. Code and security review, and explicitly told it to ignore anything trivial. I’m looking for zero days and other “we must fix this now!” issues. The code passed review with no major issues...

I made a post about Moebius² (my fork of Moebius, the ANSI editor that had not had updates in over 3 years) - well I've been breathing more life into it lately, and brought it some really neat new features.

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TempleOS arrives on The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Wall

“When are you going to add a TempleOS Lifetime Wall??!”

I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve received that request over the last few weeks. Well. What the heck! Why not?

There are now three Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls (displayed both on Lunduke.com and the end of all new shows) with space available:

  • Macintosh System 1

  • Windows 2000

  • TempleOS

 

A few quick notes:

  1. The Windows 2000 Wall, which was introduced only 2 days ago, is already about half way full. At the current rate, that one will likely be full by the end of the week. Still plenty of space on the Mac System 1 Wall.

  2. The discount on Lifetime Subscriptions ($125… discounted from the normal $300) runs through the end of June.

  3. One Lifetime Subscription = Name Listed on One Wall. These Walls are crazy popular and fill up super fast, so I have to put that limit in place.

  4. Want your name on more than one Lifetime Wall? Grab a second Lifetime Subscription (use the discounted rate) and you can have your name added to one of the Walls with space still available.

Massive high five to everyone who has supported The Lunduke Journal and made these retro-computer Lifetime Walls so much fun to do!

-Lunduke

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Behold! The "Win 2K" & "Mac System 1" Lifetime Sub Walls!

Woah! The 8th Lifetime Subscriber Wall of The Lunduke Journal (aka “The Windows 1.0 Wall”) is already full! After only one week! That’s nuts!

So I’m opening up two new, retro computer walls!

  • Wall 9 - “The Macintosh System 1 Wall”

  • Wall 10 - “The Windows 2000 Wall”

 

Show your support for The Lunduke Journal, and be immortalized in a retro computer screenshot. Win-win!

If the past is any indicator, these will fill up crazy fast. First come, first served.

Plus: For the entire month of June, Lifetime Subscriptions are discounted down to $125 (regularly $300).

  1. Scroll down and grab a new Lifetime Subscription (at that bonkers discount).

  2. Choose which of the two new Walls you’d like to be on (Mac System 1 or Windows 2000). Totally optional.

How to Grab a Discounted Lifetime Subscription:

There are 3 different ways to pick up a Lunduke Journal Lifetime sub. All of them work great and include the same perks. Choose whichever works best for you!

Get a Lifetime Subscription via Locals:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.

  2. Select “Give Once“.

  3. Enter “125“ into the amount field.

  4. After checking out, Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status. (This usually happens within a few hours.)

Get a Lifetime Subscription via Substack:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Substack.com/subscribe.

  2. Select the “Lifetime Subscription” option.

  3. After checking out, Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status. (This usually happens within a few hours.)

If you would also like full, Lifetime access to Lunduke.Locals.com (which is included):

  1. Make a free account on Lunduke.Locals.com.

  2. Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with the email address you use on both Substack and Locals (can be different email addresses).

  3. Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status on Locals.

Get a Lifetime Subscription with Bitcoin:

Bonus: Save an extra $10 with the Bitcoin option, as Bitcoin processing has fewer fees associated with it.

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  • Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with the following information: What time you made the transaction, how much was sent (in Bitcoin), and the email address you use (or plan to use) on Locals.com or Substack.com.

-Lunduke

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Windows 1.0 Wall almost full! Last call!

Holy Guacamole, Batman!

The 8th Lifetime Subscriber Wall (“The Windows 1.0 Wall”) of The Lunduke Journal launched exactly one week ago… and it’s already almost full! Bonkers!

 

At the current rate, the “Windows 1.0 Wall” will be full sometime tomorrow (Saturday).

Want your name immortalized in that glorious 1985 styled goodness, proclaiming to the world your support of The Lunduke Journal?

Don’t have a Lifetime Subscription?

  1. Grab one for $125 (normally $300).

  2. You’ll get a confirmation email (within just a few hours). Reply to that email with how you would like your name displayed on a Lifetime Wall.

  3. Then enjoy the other perks of being Lunduke Journal subscriber. Forum access, MP4 downloads, and PDF eBooks.

Already have a Lifetime Subscription?

  1. Just toss an email to bryan [at] lunduke.com with how you would like your name displayed on a Lifetime Wall.

Easy peasy.

First come, first served. Once the “Windows 1.0 Wall” is full, the final version will be added to Lunduke.com and the 9th Lifetime Wall will debut!

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