The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 6, 2022
Listen now (39 min) | Remembering Windows 3.1 on its 30th Birthday ⌘ Read more

Lunduke Journal subscription price lowered thanks to Founding Member subscribers!
Enough Founding Members joined, in one day, to knock annual subscriptions down to $1.13 per month. That’s amazing! ⌘ Read more

The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy VII… in 1996.
It’s time for a little dive into mid-1990s computer history! ⌘ Read more

The “Burn-My-Windows” extension for GNOME is *glorious*
Shattering glass. Star Trek transporter. The “Thanos” Snap. Bring back the glory days of Compiz style effects to your Linux desktop… and then some. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke Journal Events for April - BBS Game Tournament, Linux Sucks, Hangout
Just some nerdy fun. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 5, 2022
Listen now (29 min) | On Snap, Flatpak, and Thunderdome-ing your OS ⌘ Read more

Former Ubuntu Snap advocate develops “Unsnap” to help people stop using Snap.
FallOverLaughing.gif. Also StandingOvation.gif. ⌘ Read more

Mozilla responds to Google Chrome version 100 by releasing Firefox version “1,000,000”
“You just got mathed, Google.” ⌘ Read more

Announcing Lunduke Journal Founding Member subscriptions
Includes some fun perks: Monthly group video chats, and even 1-on-1 chats for the high rollers. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 4, 2022
Listen now (35 min) | Make Linux look like Retro Operating Systems ⌘ Read more

Miss Winamp? Try Audacious + the Winamp Classic skin.
Works great on both Linux and modern Windows. Really whips the llama’s… well… you know the rest. ⌘ Read more

Make Linux look exactly like Windows XP
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” - Dr. Ian Malcolm ⌘ Read more

Ron Gilbert returns to Monkey Island! New game coming this year!
The original creator of Monkey Island 1 & 2 makes his triumphant return to the series. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 3, 2022
Listen now (41 min) | Elementary OS is dying & Arch for M1 Macs ⌘ Read more

Apple Silicon (M1) Mac owners can now say “BTW, I run Arch”
Asahi Linux has released their first alpha version for M1 based Macintosh’s. ⌘ Read more

Emulate a Classic Macintosh… in your web browser. Seriously.
Not a web app that looks like a Mac… but a true, complete classic (68k) Macintosh emulator entirely in a web browser. ⌘ Read more

Elementary OS reduces staff to 1, warns “less features” for next release
Elementary is “just me now”, and has been an “uncool place to work”. ⌘ Read more

“Linux Tycoon 3 - The OS Wars” now available for download
For Linux and DOS. Tactical Nukes included. ⌘ Read more

It’s Friday. Here’s 12 funny, nerdy pictures about computers.
Ok. 11 pictures about programming and computers… 1 picture about Ninja Turtles. Because I’m a child. ⌘ Read more

Massive price slashes to Lunduke Journal subscriptions… because inflation sucks
We could all use a leg up. Annual subscriptions now cost less, per month, than a gallon of gas… in 1990. ⌘ Read more

State of The Lunduke Journal - Q1 2022
And a big price drop to both Substack and Locals – to help offset this stupid inflation. ⌘ Read more

3 tools to make your computer look like it is busy hacking and coding… while doing absolutely nothing.
Because sometimes we all want to be lazy while still looking like a l33t hax0r. ⌘ Read more

Run x86 Windows games…on a Raspberry Pi. Not kidding. It really works.
ARM Linux running x86 Windows games? What sort of crazy Mirror Universe do we live in?! ⌘ Read more

Penkesu Computer - A DIY, Linux-powered palmtop with a mechanical keyboard
And the total cost ain’t too shabby either. ⌘ Read more

Controlling the mouse with your keyboard using “warpd”
Works on Linux and Mac. And it’s absolutely bonkers. ⌘ Read more

2022: The Year of the Haiku and Serenity Operating Systems
Two systems with distinctly 1990’s style… both set to make big moves in 2022. ⌘ Read more

SerenityOS Web Browser passes Acid3 Test
The “love letter to ‘90s user interfaces” is quickly becoming a usable daily driver operating system. ⌘ Read more

Linux Tycoon 3: The OS Wars
A brand new game for Linux and DOS. Releasing on April Fools Day. No joke. ⌘ Read more

New Book of Nerdy Satire: “The Lunduke Journal Quarterly - Volume 2”
Because you can never have too many jokes about Linux. ⌘ Read more

Vegan, Arch-using, Steam Deck owner who programs in Rust banned from the Internet
“Usually we just sedate them, ship them to Canada, and give them a Reddit or Mastodon account” - Google CEO ⌘ Read more

Microsoft announces “Total Darkness Mode” for Windows 11
“Windows has never looked better!” says Twitter user ⌘ Read more

Tech firms ban usage of words “bug” and “debug” as part of “Insect Inclusivity” efforts
Companies vow to remove “insect-shaming terms” ⌘ Read more

Twitter user reminds followers that “the Steam Deck runs Linux” for third time today
“Free marketing, brah!” says Valve CEO ⌘ Read more

6 excellent looking top (& htop) alternatives
Because terminal-based task managers should look cool. ⌘ Read more

Apple: From “open hardware” to “rent your computer”
It took 46 years… but Steve Jobs’ dream of computers that you can never own, or work on, is fully here. ⌘ Read more

Google reportedly planning subscription service for your personal data
“For the first time ever, we will allow people to own their own data. This is truly revolutionary.” ⌘ Read more

Ubuntu maker, Canonical, announces new employment interview process
Now with twice the number of essay questions. ⌘ Read more

The USENET Cookbook: One of the earliest digital publications
Long before HTML or PDF… we had Emacs, plain text, and USENET. And it was glorious. ⌘ Read more

Nushell 0.6 is the coolest shell. Maybe ever.
And running it in cool-retro-term is almost TOO fun. ⌘ Read more

Make Linux look like Amiga OS
(Or, at least, pretty gosh darn close.) ⌘ Read more

“Linux for Hank” - the children’s book about Linux
One of many perks for subscribers to The Lunduke Journal ⌘ Read more

1970’s BASIC Computer Games compiled for Linux
Remember typing in code from magazines and books? Let’s compile a bunch of those old games for modern Linux. ⌘ Read more

“Lunduke’s Dad Jokes About Computers”
It’s time for The Lunduke Journal Spring Subscription Drive. Here’s one of the many free goodies for subscribers. ⌘ Read more

Remember when Apple built a Mac OS running on top of Solaris and HP-UX? Seriously. It happened.
Macintosh Application Environment for Unix – from back in 1994. ⌘ Read more

Happy Friday. Here’s some funny programming pictures.
Ok. They’re not *all* about actual programming. Some are about Javascript. ⌘ Read more

South Park’s parody of War Games is epic
Here’s a detailed analysis of the Linux and DOS references. ⌘ Read more

The first RISC-V portable computer is now available
The DevTerm R-01 is a RISC-V based “slabtop” computer. ⌘ Read more

Blender + LibSM64 = Play Mario64… inside your own 3D world
Because… why not! ⌘ Read more

The 1980s: When PC game box art used pictures of real people
So cheesy. But so awesome. ⌘ Read more

**The Pockit modular, handheld computer **
… looks friggin’ awesome. I want one. ⌘ Read more