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Brazil's Age Verification Law is in Effect, Ubuntu Being Monitored for Compliance
17 maart 2026 · 14 min
Brazil monitoring 37 companies, including Canonical, Valve, & more. System76 bans users for asking about age verification. Rockstar Games &Arch Linux 32 restrict access in Brazil.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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System76 Meets with Colorado Lawmakers on Age Verification
15 maart 2026 · 13 min
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 law even more unconstitutional".More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Is Meta Behind the Age Verification Laws?
14 maart 2026 · 27 min
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 Roblox.The Meta Lobbying document:https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findingsMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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World's Oldest Linux Company, SUSE, is For Sale... Again.
13 maart 2026 · 10 min
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 or used in California."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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X Money is Launching Next Month, But X has Problems to Solve First
12 maart 2026 · 20 min
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 if they post "spicy memes"?My X Post discussing this topic: Lees meer
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Apple Marketing Using Blackface?
10 maart 2026 · 9 min
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 Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Linux Hardware Maker System76 Speaks Out on Age Verification
9 maart 2026 · 17 min
"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 York, & Illinois.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Illinois Joins "Age Verification for Operating Systems" Bandwagon
9 maart 2026 · 23 min
California, Colorado, New York... and now Illinois have proposed laws requiring age verification for all OS's (Windows, Linux, etc.). Which state will be next?More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Omarchy Linux Rejects "Retarded" California Age Verification Law
5 maart 2026 · 12 min
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 "reviewing it internally".Latest on the "All Operating Systems must do age verification” laws:https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2029212531194048660 Lees meer
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Brazil Law: All OS's Have 13 Days to Add Age Verification
4 maart 2026 · 17 min
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 California, Colorado, and New York.Latest on the "All Operating Systems must do age verification” laws:https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2029212531194048660 Lees meer
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Ubuntu Planning Mandatory Age Verification
3 maart 2026 · 10 min
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 law.Ubuntu Mailing List screenshots:https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2028892521116635283More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Ubuntu VP Says: "Stop Writing Python", Wants Devs "All Day Writing Rust"
2 maart 2026 · 9 min
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 from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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MidnightBSD Responds to California's Age Verification Law by Excluding California
27 februari 2026 · 20 min
"Until we have a better plan, we modified our license to exclude residents of California from using MidnightBSD for desktop use, effective January 1, 2027."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Reddit Fined $19 Million USD by UK for "Not Checking the Age of Users"
26 februari 2026 · 16 min
In related news: The GRANITE Act (which would provide a legal framework for protecting against foreign censorship), has passed the Wyoming House of Representatives.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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California Law to Require Linux, Windows Implement Age Verification by Jan 1, 2027
25 februari 2026 · 14 min
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 system level, this year.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Democrats Introduce Bill to Require Age Verification on Linux, Windows
24 februari 2026 · 13 min
"Age Attestation on Computing Devices" (Colorado State Bill 26-051) would require age verification on all Operating Systems (both Open Source and proprietary), with fines for violations.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Ladybird Ports to Rust Using AI
23 februari 2026 · 39 min
"Rust community remains annoying, but the tech is good! D"- Ladybird Web Browser founder, Andreas KlingMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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New Xbox VP a Good Example of Microsoft's Racist Hiring Practices
23 februari 2026 · 27 min
Microsoft's managers from India have a long history of favoring Indian candidates. Plus: Paul Thurrott defends Microsoft, calls Lunduke a "piece of human garbage".More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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KDE Attacks Critics as "Sad People" Who Are "Straight Up Lying"
20 februari 2026 · 16 min
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 from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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GhostBSD Drops Xorg for XLibre
19 februari 2026 · 17 min
And, right on cue, the extremists within Open Source go on the assault, libelously calling GhostBSD a "Nazi bar".More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Humans are Now Censoring Other Humans to Protect Feelings of AI Bots
18 februari 2026 · 14 min
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 offend Al... and, apparently, Al Bots are more important than humans.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Xorg Officially Abandons "Master" Branch for "Main", Throws Away 2 Years of Code
17 februari 2026 · 14 min
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 increasingly successful Xorg fork).More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Ars Technica Publishes Al-Generated Article on Al Bot Writing Anti-Human Hit Pieces
16 februari 2026 · 27 min
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 pieces accusing humans of anti-Al "prejudice".More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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OpenClaw AI Bot Writes DEI-Style Hit Piece Against "Prejudiced" Human Developer
13 februari 2026 · 31 min
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 "Prejudice" in a Leftist-style rampage.The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Windows Notepad.exe Now Has Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
13 februari 2026 · 13 min
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 do on Windows.The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Interview: Redot, 1.5 Years After Forking from Godot
12 februari 2026 · 53 min
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 doing 1.5 years later?The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Linux Gets 7.0 Version Because Linus Ran Out of Toes (Seriously)
11 februari 2026 · 10 min
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 Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Discord Expanding Age Verification World-Wide
10 februari 2026 · 19 min
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 Discord accounts (including IDs) last October.The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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XLibre Dev Creates de-Rusted Git Fork
9 februari 2026 · 18 min
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 Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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With Git Moving to Rust, How Long Until a Git Fork?
7 februari 2026 · 15 min
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 stage for a successful fork.The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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NetBSD Says No to Rust
6 februari 2026 · 21 min
"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 Lifetime Subscription:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-lifetime-subscriptionMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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PSX Emu Dev Says No Packaging for Arch or NixOS
5 februari 2026 · 13 min
Connor McLaughlin, the developer of Duckstation, a popular Playstation emulator, calls NixOS and Arch Linux "hostile package environments", and blocks building for those Linux distributions.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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The Big Tech Execs in The Epstein Files
4 februari 2026 · 38 min
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 reasons. Plus: The BASH manual. Seriously. Lees meer
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FOSDEM Goes Political
3 februari 2026 · 14 min
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 a few things is finally over."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Chinese Hackers Remote Executed Code Via Notepad++ for 6 Months
3 februari 2026 · 11 min
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 Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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ReactOS at 30 Years Old: Like Windows ME, Only Buggier
29 januari 2026 · 22 min
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 hour.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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XFCE Spends Donations to Write New Wayland Compositor... in Rust
28 januari 2026 · 31 min
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 compositor written in Rust. Leftists cheer.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Gaming Linux Distro Bazzite Bans Key Dev for Unspecified CoC Violations
27 januari 2026 · 19 min
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 him of "transphobic slurs".More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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After 34 Years, Linux Finally has a "Linus Gets Hit by a Bus" Plan
26 januari 2026 · 13 min
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 Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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$89 Lifetime Subs Ends This Week!
26 januari 2026 · 6 min
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 choppah!$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Yes, Getting GNOMED is a Thing
24 januari 2026 · 10 min
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 my whole system got GNOMED!"More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Xorg's Political Moves Pushes Systems to XLibre
23 januari 2026 · 16 min
GhostBSD Lead says, "We will release the next release of GhostBSD with XLibre due to the upcoming Xorg rebase."More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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KDE Drops Code for FreeBSD Support
22 januari 2026 · 11 min
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 Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Xorg Plans Political Moves: Removing 2 Years of Commits from XLibre Dev
21 januari 2026 · 18 min
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" to "Main" branch naming.More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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IBM Sued for Discrimination. Again.
20 januari 2026 · 12 min
A 61 year old white man was fired from IBM, yet "a black woman with identical territory, quota, and performance" was not. Plus: IBM & Red Hat are settling lawsuits behind the scenes.The IBM / Red Hat Leaks: What we've learned so far:https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5515346/the-ibm-red-hat-leaks-what-weve-learned-so-far$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Anti-ICE Activists Mistake Programmers for ICE Agents
19 januari 2026 · 6 min
A few software engineers were having lunch at a deli in Minneapolis. Leftist activists thought, because they were all white, fit males, that they must be ICE agents. They used Signal to organize a mob.$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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ICANN: "Make Lunduke Angry, Program in Rust"
19 januari 2026 · 6 min
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the $150 Million / Year corporation which manages IP addresses and Top Level Domains, has a new goal: "Make Lunduke Angry".$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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CreepyLink.com: URL Shortener That Makes Links Look Suspicious
18 januari 2026 · 6 min
Why use "https://lunduke.com" when you can use "https://account.ic6do.com/TODO_obfuscate_url_2TKF6q_hot_singles.bat"?$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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Modern Linux Using Only 200MB of RAM?
17 januari 2026 · 10 min
The Vendefoul Wolf Linux Distro has a new release based on Devuan, XLibre, & IceWM. And it uses only 217 MB of RAM. The way it should be.$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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GNOME 50 Alpha: "Entirely Removes X11"
16 januari 2026 · 19 min
The GNOME Foundation's war on X11 continues, with the Alpha release of GNOME 50. Announced by the same GNOME contributor who defaced XLibre project pages (calling them "Nazis").$89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1bMore from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/ Lees meer
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