How to run Windows 3.1 software on Windows 10 & 11 (64bit) & Linux
Because… because… why not? ⌘ Read more
Happy ‘Back to the Future’ Day!
This may not be about computers… but it’s Back to the Future. So it’s cool. ⌘ Read more
Linux Sucks - Audio Book - Chapter 1
Listen now (5 min) | After Covid derailed my publishing schedule, things are finally fully back on track! My voice is now totally back to normal and everything! Huzzah! For the paying subscribers to The Lunduke Journal you will now start receiving audio book chapters of “Linux Sucks” regularly (this is Chapter 1, with Chapter 2 to follow). New text chapters will also be posted to the ⌘ Read more
Echo Chambers are Awesome
Echo Chambers are not a bad thing… they’re actually pretty fantastic. Un-Echo-Chambers (like Twitter) are just the worst. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - Episode 9
Listen now (16 min) | Tech companies discriminating against senior engineers ⌘ Read more
How much power and influence do Open Source foundations have?
… and how does that power impact us as users of Open Source software? ⌘ Read more
The two problems in software development. [COMIC] ⌘ Read more
A tour through computing in 1961… 60 years ago
From the pages of the November, 1961 issue of Datamation magazine. ⌘ Read more
Linus Torvalds interviews with Linux Journal Magazine: 1994 - 2019
Six interviews with Linus Torvalds that give a peek into the private life of the Linux creator, and provide a history of one of the most important software projects of the last quarter century. ⌘ Read more
Red Hat to hire less experienced engineers, pay less going forward
The Linux giant plans to keep a “flat budget” while adding 200 employees… by hiring fewer senior programmers ⌘ Read more
Maemo Lestse update brings Tor, Wireguard, and more device support
The Linux (Debian) based OS now supports a variety of Phones (including Pinephone, Droid 4, N900 and more). ⌘ Read more
“Browservice” brings modern web browsing to 1990s computers
Take a look at this: “What am I looking at?” That, right there, is Windows 3.11 (Windows for Workgroups)… loading up the Google Cloud VM manager. A website that requires a modern web browser. But, that isn’t a modern web browser. That is Internet Explorer 4.0. On Windows 3.11. Seriously. ⌘ Read more
7 Features Linux Should Borrow From Mac, Amiga, Haiku
Linux is awesome… but there are a few things it could learn from other Operating Systems. ⌘ Read more
Who really coined the term ‘Open Source’?
An in-depth investigation into the origins of one of the most important terms in the computer industry. ⌘ Read more
If Lunduke ran Microsoft…
What would Lunduke do if he were the CEO of Microsoft? Awesome things. That’s what. Here’s what Lunduke’s first week would look like. ⌘ Read more
Some Big Tech companies are fleeing China
Yahoo and LinkedIn have left China entirely. Who will be next? ⌘ Read more
CDE and Dwarf Fortress running on the Out-of-Stock DevTerm
I want this gorgeous little slab computer so bad, it hurts. ⌘ Read more
Source code released for Little Big Adventure 1 & 2!
The engines of the classic 1990s 3D adventure games get released under the GPL. ⌘ Read more
A new commercial RPG for the Commodore 64!
“Briley Witch Chronicles” is a brand new, JRPG style game for the C64. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - Episode 8
Listen now (10 min) | New games ported to old computer platforms! ⌘ Read more
We need a DRM-free console game ROM store like GoG
GoG.com makes buying computer games reasonable and DRM-Free. We need a video game console ROM equivalent. ⌘ Read more
New, spooky, multi-retro-platform text adventure released!
Apple II, C64, DOS, Linux, Windows… with a community port to Amiga! ⌘ Read more
Prince of Persia ported to the Atari 8-bit computers!
The Atari XL / XE finally get a version of Prince of Persia… in 2021! ⌘ Read more
Computing on My Own Terms
I don’t make typical, “normal” decisions about how I use computers. And I am quite happy with that. ⌘ Read more
The beauty of computer games on Amber screens
Colors? Colors?! We don’t need no stinking colors! ⌘ Read more
A new Amiga 1200 accelerator board has appeared
New hardware upgrade (with a 68030 CPU) for a nearly 30 year old computer ⌘ Read more
Play DOOM. Via Twitter. Seriously.
Send commands via Twitter to control the space Marine. Get video results Tweeted back to you. Brilliant. ⌘ Read more
Pine64 Community Manager answers questions on the PinePhone Pro
Lukasz Erecinski takes to Reddit to answer questions on Right to Repair, profitability, PinePhone quantities shipped, Android app support and more. ⌘ Read more
The PinePhone Pro leapfrogs the Librem 5… for less than half the price
$399 for a Linux-powered flagship phone? Yes, please. ⌘ Read more
DOOM. Rendered with checkboxes. Played on a webpage.
Sometimes the most ridiculous things are the most worth doing. ⌘ Read more
Worst color palette: ZX Spectrum or CGA?
The two ugliest color palettes in computer history… but which burns your eyes the most? ⌘ Read more
How to: Set up your own BBS Server on Linux
Computing of the 1980s, meet operating systems of the 2020’s. ⌘ Read more
How to: Run a DOS-based Web Server
(seriously)
Apache and Nginx, eat your heart out. ⌘ Read more
The Linux-powered Nokia N810 from 2007 – still awesome in 2021
The N810 may be 14 years old… but it’s still a rad little handheld computer. ⌘ Read more
In honor of Windows 11… here’s a comic about Windows 10.
And installing updates. ⌘ Read more
The Linux Foundation’s 3D Game engine… still doesn’t support Linux
O3DE requires Windows. And Visual Studio. ⌘ Read more
Mozilla Firefox now shows advertisements as you type in URLs
Reason #7,852 why I recommend people stay far away from Mozilla. ⌘ Read more
Rounding the bend on my case of Covid
Starting to come out of my bout with the WuFlu. ⌘ Read more
Password managers are wicked hard [COMIC]
Highway to the password zone ⌘ Read more
Facebook can be offline for you, everyday.
One. Simple. Step. Do it. You know you want to. Paradise awaits. ⌘ Read more
The Web Dev gets a raise [COMIC]
You’re welcome. ⌘ Read more
C Programming Languages Removes Pointers
Pointing is rude. ⌘ Read more
The 1985 online service for 48k Atari computers: Games Computers Play Network
The game-focused, 8-bit, joystick-driven, Atari-only On-Line service of the ‘80s. ⌘ Read more
Thinking abaout the great Gary Kildall
CP/M, DRI, GEM, & The Computer Chronicles. Gary Kildall accomplished so many amazing things. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke on the History Channel
H2 anyway. And mostly in the UK and a few other countries. But it still counts. ⌘ Read more
Quake. In 13k of Javascript.
I repeat: QUAKE. In Javascript. IN ONLY 13 KB! ⌘ Read more
Say GNU/Linux One More Time. I dare ya.
Why putting “GNU/” before “Linux” is just plain dumb. ⌘ Read more
If everyone on Earth drives a 1993 Toyota Corolla… nobody has an awesome car.
We’re not really talking about cars here. We’re talking about computer Operating Systems. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke still sick, but some new goodies!
Linux Sucks chapter 2 is up, and a new exclusive article on Chrome OS. ⌘ Read more