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The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyUbuntu Now Has Higher System Requirements Than Windows
As of this month, Ubuntu Linux requires 2X the CPU speed and 50% more RAM than Windows 11.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyHappy Trans Day of Visibility from KDE, GNOME, GTK, & Elementary
Celebrating holidays? Nah. Some of the largest Linux projects just want you to stare at "Trans" people.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyMidnightBSD Becomes First Open Source Operating System to Ship Age Verification
The just released 4.0.4 version of the FreeBSD derived Operating System includes "aged", new system wide daemon for handling age verification and attestation…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyZorinOS Makes Firm No Age Verification Statement, MX Linux Says They Will "Wait on Court Challenge"
Popular Linux distributions continue to take wildly different approaches to handling Age Verification.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyFramework Sponsors KDE & XFCE, Drops GNOME
Framework Computer continues to expand the number of Open Source projects it financially supports, but GNOME (who said Framework had "Hitler Particles") is no…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyCachyOS Mod Blames Censorship on Lunduke's Time Traveling Racist Radicals
Plus: CachyOS continues to dodge questions regarding Age Verification while attacking those who ask about it.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyCachyOS Censors "Radicals" Opposed to Age Verification
In response to concerns about Age Verification features in SystemD, the CachyOS team says, "If you don’t want to use SystemD find another distribution," tells…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyMichigan OS Age Verification Law Supported by Democrats & Republicans
Michigan's proposed Age Verification law would apply to all Operating Systems (including Linux), and would require commercial Age Verification.More from The…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologySlackware Says No to Age Verification, But Fedora Linux Says Yes
Two very different reactions to Age Verification. One says, "I doubt these laws would survive a challenge." While the other says, "It's a matter of hopefully…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyArch Linux Says Opposing Age Verification is Code of Conduct Violation
"They don't like someone they consider as part of the [Arch Linux] core dev teams being called out like that. What you did broke the Arch Linux CoC."More from…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologySystemD Forked to Remove Age Verification
Plus: Developer who added Age Verification features to SystemD speaks to Lunduke.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This is a public episode…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyGrapheneOS & FreeDOS Join the "No Age Verification" List
From Omarchy Linux to Devuan, the number of Open Source Operating Systems refusing to implement Age Verification continues to grow.More from The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyUnited Kingdom Fines 4chan £520,000, 4chan Responds with Godzilla Sized Hamster
4chan's Lawyer: "The United Kingdom lost the American Revolutionary War ... stop sending Americans stupid letters and acknowledge the sovereignty of the United…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologySystemD Root Access Exploit Found, Devuan Team Calls SystemD "Unicorn Sh*t"
"Yet another high severity systemd bug in Ubuntu. Let us wish all Devuan users a wonderful day out with their family, instead of shoveling unicorn sh*t."More…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologySystemd Adds Age Verification & r/Linux Censors Age Verification Posts
Plus: Which Open Source Operating Systems plan to include Age Verification? The Lunduke Journal compiles a list.Does It Age…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyDebian Project Leader Election Underway: Only 1 Candidate, & She's Anti "(Cis)Male"
The only candidate to lead Debian Linux says her primary goal is to have "more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people."More from The…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyBrazil's Age Verification Law is in Effect, Ubuntu Being Monitored for Compliance
Brazil monitoring 37 companies, including Canonical, Valve, & more. System76 bans users for asking about age verification. Rockstar Games &Arch Linux 32…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologySystem76 Meets with Colorado Lawmakers on Age Verification
The Linux PC maker's CEO pushes Senators to add "an exemption for open source software" to new age verification laws. 4Chan's lawyer says this would "make the…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyIs Meta Behind the Age Verification Laws?
It's true, Meta lobbied for specific age verification laws. But that is only a small part of the story, which involves Google, Apple, OpenAl... and even…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyWorld's Oldest Linux Company, SUSE, is For Sale... Again.
Plus: In response to California Age Verification law, SUSE VP of Engineering says, "SUSE will not be adopting a policy stating that our products can't be sold…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyX Money is Launching Next Month, But X has Problems to Solve First
Elon Musk says, "X Money early public access will launch next month." But with unclear rules & unpredictable enforcement, will users lose access to their money…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyApple Marketing Using Blackface?
Apple's latest marketing material, for MacBook Neo & Air, changes the appearance of a White, male Apple employee... to make him Black & Trans.More from The…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyLinux Hardware Maker System76 Speaks Out on Age Verification
"With New York's bill, liberty is lost," says System76 CEO, Carl Richell. Plus: MidnightBSD will no longer be available in Brazil, California, Colorado, New…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyIllinois Joins "Age Verification for Operating Systems" Bandwagon
California, Colorado, New York... and now Illinois have proposed laws requiring age verification for all OS's (Windows, Linux, etc.). Which state will be…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyOmarchy Linux Rejects "Retarded" California Age Verification Law
DHH: "Omarchy has no plans to do anything in response to this retarded California law." Plus: Fedora "not aware" of age verification laws, & Ubuntu is…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyBrazil Law: All OS's Have 13 Days to Add Age Verification
A new law, in Brazil, requires age verification on all Operating Systems (including Linux & Windows) by March 17th. Plus a rundown on similar laws in…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyUbuntu Planning Mandatory Age Verification
Ubuntu & Elementary OS developers are planning to add age verification functionality, in a way which impacts all Linux users, to comply with a new California…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyUbuntu VP Says: "Stop Writing Python", Wants Devs "All Day Writing Rust"
Ubuntu's Vice President on re-writing everything in Rust: "do it by default with no apology", despite acknowledging that users will "see some breakage".More…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyMidnightBSD Responds to California's Age Verification Law by Excluding California
"Until we have a better plan, we modified our license to exclude residents of California from using MidnightBSD for desktop use, effective January 1…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyReddit Fined $19 Million USD by UK for "Not Checking the Age of Users"
In related news: The GRANITE Act (which would provide a legal framework for protecting against foreign censorship), has passed the Wyoming House of…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyCalifornia Law to Require Linux, Windows Implement Age Verification by Jan 1, 2027
A new California Law (AB-1043), signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires all Operating Systems (from macOS to FreeBSD) to implement age verification, at the…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyDemocrats Introduce Bill to Require Age Verification on Linux, Windows
"Age Attestation on Computing Devices" (Colorado State Bill 26-051) would require age verification on all Operating Systems (both Open Source and proprietary)…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyLadybird Ports to Rust Using AI
"Rust community remains annoying, but the tech is good! D"- Ladybird Web Browser founder, Andreas KlingMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ This…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyNew Xbox VP a Good Example of Microsoft's Racist Hiring Practices
Microsoft's managers from India have a long history of favoring Indian candidates. Plus: Paul Thurrott defends Microsoft, calls Lunduke a "piece of human…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyKDE Attacks Critics as "Sad People" Who Are "Straight Up Lying"
KDE is in damage control after recent moves to restrict the systems which can run KDE Plasma (via Wayland & SystemD). Saying criticism is "FUD" and "fake".More…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyGhostBSD Drops Xorg for XLibre
And, right on cue, the extremists within Open Source go on the assault, libelously calling GhostBSD a "Nazi bar".More from The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyHumans are Now Censoring Other Humans to Protect Feelings of AI Bots
The term “clanker”, a derogatory term for “Al Bot”, is causing people to be banned across the Internet (Reddit, Discord, Social Media, etc.). Because it might…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyXorg Officially Abandons "Master" Branch for "Main", Throws Away 2 Years of Code
The newly created "Main" branch re-bases the open source X11 server on code from February of 2024, specifically to avoid code written by the creator of XLibre…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyArs Technica Publishes Al-Generated Article on Al Bot Writing Anti-Human Hit Pieces
Tech News site Ars Technica has now deleted an Al-generated article (complete with fake, Al hallucinated quotes) regarding an Al Bot writing blog post hit…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyOpenClaw AI Bot Writes DEI-Style Hit Piece Against "Prejudiced" Human Developer
A code change submitted by an Al bot was rejected by an open source project developer. In retaliation, the Al bot accused the human of "Gatekeeping" and…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyWindows Notepad.exe Now Has Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First Notepad++ gets hijacked by Chinese hackers, now Notepad.exe gets a "Severe" CVE. Apparently editing a plain text file is the most dangerous thing you can…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyInterview: Redot, 1.5 Years After Forking from Godot
In 2024, the Godot game engine enacted a mass "Cleansing" of non-woke supporters. A group of developers responded by creating the Redot fork. How is that fork…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyLinux Gets 7.0 Version Because Linus Ran Out of Toes (Seriously)
Plus: For Linux 7.0 Rust support is now official and no longer experimental... but "not everything works" and it is "still quite experimental".The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyDiscord Expanding Age Verification World-Wide
Starting in March, Discord will treat all accounts as "Teen by Default", requiring age verification for several features. This follows a breach of 70,000…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyXLibre Dev Creates de-Rusted Git Fork
As Git prepares to make Rust a hard requirement for Git 3.0, this fork removes all Rust code and describes itself as "Git with WD-40 applied".The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyWith Git Moving to Rust, How Long Until a Git Fork?
Git 3.0 is scheduled to ship "second half of 2026", with a mandatory requirement of Rust. Which means Git will no longer build on many platforms. Setting the…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyNetBSD Says No to Rust
"Rust in the core of NetSD is probably a non-starter," says long-time NetBSD developer. "Keeping Rust working is quite a bit of work."The Lunduke Journal…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyPSX 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…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyThe 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…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyFOSDEM 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…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyChinese Hackers Remote Executed Code Via Notepad++ for 6 Months
From June of 2025, hackers working with the Chinese government utilized the Notepad++ update system to run code on users computers.More from The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyReactOS at 30 Years Old: Like Windows ME, Only Buggier
ReactOS, the open source attempt to build a Windows 2000 compatible system, turns 30. Which, coincidentally, his how many times it crashed on me in the last…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyXFCE Spends Donations to Write New Wayland Compositor... in Rust
The XCE Desktop Environment plans to spend most of their donated funds to throw out their well tested X11 backend, in favor of a non-existent Wayland…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyGaming Linux Distro Bazzite Bans Key Dev for Unspecified CoC Violations
The core developer of one of the most critical components of Bazzite has been banned for secret "Code of Conduct violations" following a mob campaign accusing…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyAfter 34 Years, Linux Finally has a "Linus Gets Hit by a Bus" Plan
It only took a third of century, but the Linux Kernel finally has a continuity plan for if / when Linus Torvalds goes away.More from The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of Technology$89 Lifetime Subs Ends This Week!
The massive, 70%+ off Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions deal ends after January 31st. With no plans to offer this deal again. So. You know. Get to the…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyYes, Getting GNOMED is a Thing
gnomed - verb - When installing one piece of software results in the forced install of an entire Desktop Environment.Example: "I installed a text editor, then…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyXorg's Political Moves Pushes Systems to XLibre
GhostBSD Lead says, "We will release the next release of GhostBSD with XLibre due to the upcoming Xorg rebase."More from The Lunduke…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyKDE Drops Code for FreeBSD Support
The KDE project has removed code to support FreeBSD in their login manager saying, "We rely on systemd/logind, so FreeBSD is not supported."More from The…
The Lunduke Journal of TechnologyXorg Plans Political Moves: Removing 2 Years of Commits from XLibre Dev
Xorg, which has a stated goal of killing itself, plans to re-base on 2 year old code in order to avoid code from XLibre developer. Plus: Moving from "Master"…