FBI seized Backpage.com in 2018 - and their replacement website is WEIRD
Watch now (16 min) | And it remains fascinatingly weird several years later. ⌘ Read more

RedoxOS (microkernel OS written in Rust)
Watch now (61 min) | A classic Lunduke Hour episode from March 13, 2017 ⌘ Read more

Android vs iOS: Which spies on you more?
Watch now (25 min) | (This is a classic video originally produced back in 2018. It is presented here exactly as it originally was – including original ad spots. Many of the details discussed (links, stats, etc.) may have changed in the years that followed.) Which mobile operating system spies on you the most? Android or iOS? In other words: Does a Google-powered Android… ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Normal Computing News - Nov 9, 2022
Listen now (35 min) | Apple worth more than Google + Facebook + Amazon, Microsoft sued for GitHub Copilot, Canonical shows future of Ubuntu ⌘ Read more

Haiku Week begins at The Lunduke Journal
November 9 through November 16 – Haiku Operating System goodness. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft declares ownership of all Open Source software
Using the “Finders Keepers clause” of the GitHub Terms of Service. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Weird Computing News - Nov 6, 2022
Listen now (30 min) | Haiku Beta 4 inches closer, Ladybird web browser can run Linux, GNU Make drops OS/2, Amiga, Cray, & Xenix. ⌘ Read more

Random numbers aren’t truly random!
They’re so predictable! ⌘ Read more

Funny Programming Pictures Part XVII
Because larger roman numerals are more betterer. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Normal Computing News - Nov 2, 2022
Listen now (48 min) | EU tells Apple how to make iPhones, Chromebook sales crash, & Ubuntu’s Lunar Lobster. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal Live Call-in Show + Discord Server
November is a big, big month for The Lunduke Journal ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Weird Computing News - Oct 30, 2022
Listen now (29 min) | Haiku Week is coming, FreeBSD 12.4 & financial woes, Ladybird browser improvements, and running classic Mac Software… without MacOS. ⌘ Read more

Ever notice how many Linux nerds are Scandinavian?
(The definitive study on the topic.) ⌘ Read more

2017 interview with Haiku’s full time developer
Watch now (55 min) | In this classic episode of the Lunduke Hour (Feb-6-2017) I got to chat with one of the long time developers of Haiku OS – an Open Source operating system inspired by BeOS. This developer, known as “Waddlesplash” would go on to become the first (and so far, only) full time, paid developer of Haiku. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Normal Computing News - October 26, 2022
Listen now (43 min) | macOS Ventura, Ubuntu 22.10, Microsoft looking to control how Linux boots, Windows ARM dev box, and… Linux dropping 486 support? ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal Video Interview Series!
Lunduke talks to someone interesting in the world of computing… every week. ⌘ Read more

Programmer dies after washing hair for 72 straight hours
“Lather. Rinse. Repeat.” ⌘ Read more

Who (really) created the “Byte”?
And what is the REAL definition of term? ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Weird Computing News - Oct 23, 2022
Listen now (34 min) | Z80 Computer, Solitaire via Gopher, OpenBSD, PumpkinOS file browser, and Ladybird Web browser. What a week! ⌘ Read more

The Million Monkeys Theorem of Programming
It’s science. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke Journal Community Weekly Highlights - Oct 21, 2022
Listen now (37 min) | From “Command Line” shenanigans to 8-Bit fantasy VMs. So much fun stuff happened this week. ⌘ Read more

“Command Line Week” Wrap-up!
With pictures and links to a bunch of the community posts. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Normal Computing News - Oct 19, 2022
Listen now (40 min) | Microsoft kills “Office”, iPads get USB-C, and Firefox wants to know your feelings. ⌘ Read more

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Oct 16, 2022
Listen now (32 min) | Haiku Beta 4, Serenity’s 4th Birthday… and a new AmigaOS SDK release! ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Windows predicts the end of the world…
OR DOES IT?! ⌘ Read more

Advertising is killing Tech Journalism
And I should know – I’ve seen it from every angle. ⌘ Read more

The first UNIX Shell: 1971’s Thompson Shell
Over 50 years old and still surprisingly usable! ⌘ Read more

Command Line Week starts… now!
Listen now (26 min) | Shells. Terminals. Text User Interfaces. All week long. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft apologizes for Windows, returns to DOS
“We’re really sorry about that whole GUI thing.” ⌘ Read more

“Command Line Week” starts tomorrow!
Schedule of events and how to get yourself ready. ⌘ Read more

That time the creator of UNIX built a Trojan Horse that let him log in to any UNIX machine.
And nobody knew about it for years. ⌘ Read more

“macOS Sucks” - Saturday, November 12th
The guy who told you “Linux Sucks” is about to give macOS the business… ⌘ Read more

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Oct 9, 2022
Listen now (30 min) | Happy birthday, Free Software! + A hard drive noise maker & Ubuntu Pro ⌘ Read more

Interview with creator of OS/2-based ArcaOS
Watch now (54 min) | He licensed OS/2 from IBM… and updated it for modern hardware… without the source code! ⌘ Read more

Pirate Networking!
Is it a comic strip… or an Info-graphic?! ⌘ Read more

The History of the First Computer Shell
BASH? PowerShell? It all traces back to 1963. And the work of an amazing Frenchman, CTTS, and Multics. ⌘ Read more

DVD-RAM Drives, Classic Macs, Rhapsody, Copland, and angry Mac Devs.
Listen now (44 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - October 5, 2022 ⌘ Read more

FAQ: Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription
Since the Lifetime Subscription option was launched, for The Lunduke Journal, there have been a few common questions people have had. To make things easier for all of us, here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions about Lifetime Subscriptions. In no particular order. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal hits 1,000 paid subscribers!
One of the largest Linux (and Retro Tech) publications is thriving… without any advertising or sponsorships. ⌘ Read more

Hands on with 1998’s Rhapsody DR2 (the precursor to MacOS X)
And how to run it yourself via emulation. ⌘ Read more

Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Oct 2, 2022
Listen now (47 min) | The Article & The Podcast – all in one place! Fancy! ⌘ Read more

25th Anniversary of FreeDOS – with the creator of FreeDOS
Watch now (47 min) | I spent some time with Jim Hall, talking about the open source MS-DOS compatible system. ⌘ Read more

I heard COBOL devs get paid a ton…
You probably want to share this with everyone you know. Because, you know, you’re a nice person. The Lunduke Journal Community — About the Lunduke Journal — Subscriber Perks The Lunduke Journal Weekly Schedule: Monday - Computer History Tuesday - Computer & Linux Satire ⌘ Read more

Maybe the Internet wasn’t such a great idea.
Watch now (22 min) | Kinda joking. But kinda serious. ⌘ Read more

TRS-80 Model 102 - Hands on with one of the 1st “laptops”
Watch now (37 min) | The Model 102 was a minor update to the original Model 100. ⌘ Read more

Down the rabbit hole: Making my life private and secure
From E-Mail and Cloud Storage… to Operating Systems and Traffic Cameras. ⌘ Read more

Ask Lunduke Anything!
Members of The Lunduke Journal Community had some questions. I have answers. ⌘ Read more

Google, Apple partner with Elmers to produce “Tinker-Proof Glue”
“That oughta keep ‘em out,” stated Google CEO Sundar Pichai. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal - State of the Journal - September, 2022
A look at the (awesome) state of The Lunduke Journal, as a publication, over the last year. ⌘ Read more

MORE truly epic BYTE magazine covers by Robert Tinney
Time to admire some of the greatest, illustrated computer magazine covers of all time. ⌘ Read more