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Linux Tycoon for DOS
We hit our subscriber goals, so I am releasing Linux Tycoon for all subscribers! ⌘ Read more
Just for today: $15 for one year of The Lunduke Journal
Including a full pass to LundukeFest, tons of free eBooks and more goodies... plus Linux Tycoon if we hit our goal! ⌘ Read more
Linux Sucks 2022 - Jan 29, 4pm Pacific
Streamed live at LundukeFest. This is going to suck more than anything has sucked before. ⌘ Read more
Pine64's e-Paper tablet now booting mainline Linux
That's right. An e-Ink tablet that you can run Neofetch on. ⌘ Read more
Game Boy gets WiFi... and video streaming! Seriously!
Why? Because it's awesome. That's why. ⌘ Read more
Announcing the first LundukeFest - "Make Computers Fun Again"
The January 29th virtual conference will include "Linux Sucks 2022" and many other fun-filled presentations and breakout sessions. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke's Nerdy New Years Resolutions
My 2022 New Years Resolutions. Spoiler: They're a bit nerdy. ⌘ Read more
Compiling QuickBASIC's Gorillas on Linux... surprisingly tricky
Even with QB64 and FreeBASIC, compiling the classic GORILLA.BAS is not easy... but it works! ⌘ Read more
How did the programmer escape from prison?**
I give up. How \\*did\\* the programmer escape from prison? ⌘ Read more
How did the programmer escape from prison?**
I give up. How \*did\* the programmer escape from prison? ⌘ Read more
2021 is over! Huzzah! Get Lunduke Journal yearly subscription for $15.**
7 free eBooks: including a Choose Your Own Adventure, Nerdy Dad Jokes, & a Kids Book ⌘ Read more
Laptops Powered by AA Batteries (Seriously)
And some of them run an impressively long time on a single set of Double-A's. ⌘ Read more
The History of the Graphical User Interface -- 1945 to 1980
A visual, historical tour of the early years of computer GUI's... starting in 1945. ⌘ Read more
The CDE-look-a-like desktop gets a 2.0 release
The Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) has old-school looks... and it is gorgeous. ⌘ Read more
NFTs, Net Neutrality, & Emotional Reactions to Technology
A few years back I came under fire for expressing a viewpoint so controversial, so repugnant, so… so… evil that I received, quite literally, thousands of angry messages. That viewpoint: “Net Neutrality: Not that big of a deal” I didn’t advocate for, ⌘ Read more
Lunduke's Dad Jokes About Computers, vol. 1
Comic strips. Containing dad jokes. Very, very nerdy dad jokes. ⌘ Read more
Make the Linux shell look like DOS.
Why would you want to make your Linux terminal look like DOS. Well. Why not? ⌘ Read more
Why is "Spaghetti Code" called "Spaghetti Code"?**
The answer will shock you. ⌘ Read more
First NFT sold for "Tux on Tour"? The Amiga one. Naturally.
%5 of every "Tux on Tour" transaction (sales and re-sales) is donated to Open Source projects. ⌘ Read more
"Operating System Not Found" - a nerdy Choose Your Own Adventure
The story of a man, his newly built PC, and... FroYo. ⌘ Read more
Tux on Tour - Raising money for Open Source projects using nerdy NFTs
A percentage of all sales (and re-sells) goes directly to Haiku and PCLinuxOS. ⌘ Read more
Christmas Demos of the 1980s (for C64, Atari, Apple II, DOS, & Amiga)
Christmas demos were a staple of 1980s computer culture. Here are some of the best. ⌘ Read more
10 Stories that Rocked the Tech Industry in 2021
From the Apple App Store to Bill Gates' poop, it's been a pretty nutty year. ⌘ Read more
The 10 Awesomest Linux stories of 2021
These Linux news stories from 2021 will, like, totally make your head explode. ⌘ Read more
"Road-Sign Hank & The Aliens" available for free to all Lunduke Journal subscribers
Family friendly, Sci-Fi adventure comic book series... with some nerdy jokes mixed in. ⌘ Read more
Linux Foundation releases Linux as NFT
Each Linux kernel source code file will be auctioned off as an NFT on the Etherium blockchain. ⌘ Read more
Creator of Javascript apologizes for "screwing up a good thing and ruining, like, basically everything"
"Yeah. That's my bad." ⌘ Read more
Local man switches to Arch, tells no one
Yesterday, at approximately 5:05pm, a Seattle area man installed Arch Linux on his home computer and has yet to tell anyone. “This appears to be the first occurrence of failing to tell someone that you run Arch,” stated a representative of the Seattle Sheriff’s Department. “We are actively investigating whether or not this is a crime. It definitely is a violation of norms.” ⌘ Read more
Binary 101
I only know 10 binary jokes. Here's half of them. ⌘ Read more
My thoughts on log4j summed up in one picture...
(One very snarky picture.) ⌘ Read more
50% off Lunduke Journal subscriptions until the 26th
Because it's December. And why not. ⌘ Read more
FreeDOS 1.3, the first major release in 5 years, edges closer to a full release
The last major FreeDOS version (1.2) was released in December of 2016... five years ago. ⌘ Read more
Man. Life on the Oregon Trail was rough!
So many ways to die. ⌘ Read more
Linux Foundation spends just 3.4% of its money on Linux
Where does the Linux Foundation spend the rest of its $177 Million in revenue? Let's take a look. ⌘ Read more
Sonic the Hedgehog for the C64
Seriously. ⌘ Read more
I have no idea what I'm doing... let's sell some NFTs!
Time to see what this NFT fuss is all about. ⌘ Read more
Visi On : The failed 1983 GUI that came before Windows or Macintosh
The legendary company behind VisiCalc produced a graphical desktop for PCs that shipped before Windows or the first Macintosh. ⌘ Read more
"Small Team Closed Source" vs "Large Team Open Source"
Which is better? ⌘ Read more
GitHub is the hub of the entire Open Source world?**
... ⌘ Read more
Give your programming career a boost by moving to Mexico
You’re welcome. Hey, want to support The Lunduke Journal? There are ways. Oh, yes. There are ways. ⌘ Read more
How to support The Lunduke Journal (& where to buy Lunduke's books)
Multiple ways to support this nerdy publication and become part of the community. ⌘ Read more
Turbo Rascal : Pascal Compiler & IDE for tons of classic systems
One language for: C64, VIC-20, NES, Gameboy, ZX Spectrum, Atari 2600, 8086AT, Amiga 500, Atari 800, BBC Micro, SNES, Apple II & Atari ST + MORE ⌘ Read more
The last programming project from Bill Gates: Microsoft BASIC for TRS-80 Model 100
This Operating System was the last project that Bill Gates played a major role in programming... and it's actually pretty amazing. ⌘ Read more
Space Quest: The Movie
The original, EGA adventure game from Sierra... turned into a movie. Seriously. This is worth checking out. ⌘ Read more
The amazing, fake Macintoshes of NanoRaptor
None of these are real... but if they were... I would buy each and every one of them. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Windows 1.0 : Not as bad as you'd think
Multitasking. Virtual Memory. Tiled window manager. Turns out the very first version of Windows (from 1985) actually has some good points. ⌘ Read more
DESQview/X : The forgotten mid-1990s OS from the future
X11 client and server. DOS. Windows 3.1. All with preemptive multitasking. ⌘ Read more
A brand-spanking-new Windows 3.1 mouse driver. Seriously.
It's for use in VMWare. You know. So you don't need to grab and ungrab the mouse. ⌘ Read more
DevOps thrown out in favor of DevTesJanOps.
DevOps takes ultimate form as "Developer + Tester + Janitor + Operations". ⌘ Read more
Using Perl and RegEx is like riding a bike...
THE COMIC ⌘ Read more
Tigers and Bears and Programmers.
That’s a comic strip. You like it very much. You probably want to send it to everyone you know. If you aren’t currently a subscriber to The Lunduke Journal, I highly recommend it. It is so choice. The free edition is great. If you pitch in a few bucks you get ⌘ Read more
Linus Sebastian attempts to install Linux video editor, entire universe implodes
"We kind of all saw it coming, you know?" says one fellow YouTuber. ⌘ Read more
Germany planning to start using Linux, then stop using Linux again. Again.
Linux users applaud the move... until Germany switches back to Windows in a few months. ⌘ Read more
Man charged with "telling people he uses Arch across state lines"
Prosecution makes case that Seattle area man travelled between states with clear intention to "tell people he uses Arch". ⌘ Read more
Ada Lovelace accused of not collaborating well with GNOME Project
Lovelace has not submitted a single line of code to the GNOME project. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - #12 - Lunduke & Friends
Listen now (59 min) \| Lunduke & Hartley talk about happy nerdy things for a full hour. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - #12 - Lunduke & Friends
Listen now (59 min) \\| Lunduke & Hartley talk about happy nerdy things for a full hour. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - #11 - GEM was cool
Listen now (16 min) \\| ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - #11 - GEM was cool
Listen now (16 min) \| ⌘ Read more
Who is this computer comic strip cartoonist from the 1980s?**
An artist named "Bush" drew some adorable computer comic strips in the 80s. But who was "Bush"? ⌘ Read more
A 286, EGA PC from 1987.
As advertised in the May, 1987 issue of "Puget Sound Computer User". ⌘ Read more
Connecting to Telnet BBSes the most awesome way: Via Telemate in DOSBox
Use the exact same software to dial BBSes at 28.8 in 1995... and to telnet to BBSes in 2021. ⌘ Read more
Looking at 1980's GEM in 2021
The desktop environment from Gary Kildall's Digital Research is worth admiring... even more than 30 years later. ⌘ Read more
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
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
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - #10 - System76 & GNOME drama
Listen now (20 min) \| ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - #10 - System76 & GNOME drama
Listen now (20 min) \\| ⌘ 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
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*
The two problems in software development. \nRead 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
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