The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 11, 2022
Listen now (57 min) | Ask Lunduke! ⌘ Read more

The many Operating Systems of the Commodore 64
UNIX for C64? CP/M for C64? Seriously?! (Yes. Seriously.) ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 10, 2022
Listen now (27 min) | Why do Tech Journalists so often get Computer History… totally wrong? ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal has now published 10 eBooks. 10 very, very nerdy eBooks.
Plus 4 video games. And like a bazillion articles and podcasts. Which is crazy awesome. ⌘ Read more

HOTDOGbuntu - Make Ubuntu look like classic Mac, Atari ST, Win 3.1, & Amiga systems
Because more ways to make modern Linux look like retro computing systems is always a good thing. ⌘ Read more

New Book: “Lunduke’s History of Computers - Volume 1”
Esoteric, and often forgotten, stories of computer history… in a 200 page volume. ⌘ Read more

TradeWars and LORD BBS Tournament begins!
An old-school BBS gaming tournament via Telnet. All are welcome! ⌘ Read more

Ground Zero for the Personal Computer Industry: 1977’s West Coast Computer Faire
The introduction of the Apple II and the Commodore PET. ⌘ Read more

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

The Lunduke Journal welcomes all nerds – including Russians
… and Ukrainians… and Democrats… and Republicans… and… ⌘ Read more

Man celebrates 20 years of telling people, “BTW, I run Arch”
(Also Arch, itself, is now 20 years old.) ⌘ Read more

Have computers become bloated and over complicated?
And why is the answer “oh-my-gosh-yes-are-you-kidding”? ⌘ Read more

That time I worked for Amazon.com – in a haunted insane asylum
… on a desk made out of an old door… in a concrete room with a drain in the floor. ⌘ Read more

Make Linux look like BeOS
Because yellow tabs are sexy. ⌘ Read more

elementary OS is imploding
elementary founder: “I might take some time off from Linux or join another community maybe” ⌘ Read more

AppleWorld 1987 – when the Mac got color and expandability
Steve Jobs was extremely against color screens and expansion bays, but after he was forced out of Apple… they arrived! ⌘ Read more

Can an Internet connected computer be unhackable?
I mean… really, truly secure? Can it be done? ⌘ Read more

Why I won’t be buying a Steam Deck.
The Steam Deck is cool. No doubt. But, try as I might, I can’t find a good reason to buy one. ⌘ Read more

Unlimited Cell data for working on the road.
I’ve tried a lot of cellular data services… Visible is the best one so far. ⌘ Read more

Wordle ported to Windows 3.1, PalmOS, DOS, Linux Terminal… and much more.
Tandy Color Computer 3, Atari 2600, Game Boy, Emacs, and… Microsoft Word? Yup. Wordle is there too. ⌘ Read more

Make Linux look like MacOS 9.
Because Platinum is beautiful. Also… why not? ⌘ Read more

Make Linux look exactly like Windows 95… I mean exactly.
Blasphemy? Probably! But still pretty awesome! ⌘ Read more

The world is scary. Here’s some funny, nerdy pictures.
Memes. Comics. Whatever you want to call them. They’re nerdy and they made me laugh. ⌘ Read more

FreeDOS 1.3 has landed! Let’s take a visual tour!
The world’s greatest, Free and Open Source MS-DOS compatible operating system just got an update! I am excited! Exclamation points are in order! ⌘ Read more

Run the Commodore 64 OS on the NES: “NES 64”
Seriously. Someone ported the basic C64 system to the Nintendo Entertainment System. It actually works. ⌘ Read more

Maybe we should just let Firefox die
Listen now (16 min) | I mean. Really. Would your life be so bad without Firefox? ⌘ Read more

Everywhere Lunduke Hangs Out, On-Line
Because I need to publish these links somewhere! ⌘ Read more

Documenting Microsoft’s funky attempts at porting software to UNIX
Listen now (15 min) | I was there for part of it. Trying to preserve that weird part of computing history. ⌘ Read more

Funky Linux code names make me smile
Listen now (14 min) | … and me complaining about being sick. ⌘ Read more

CDC issues warning as man dies after being trapped in Vim for 34 days
911: “We get it. Vim is hard to exit. Stop calling. We can’t help.” ⌘ Read more

The best Linux Kernel release code names – from “Greased Weasel” to “Sheep on meth”
These are real. And they are awesome. ⌘ Read more

(Computer Nerd) Meme Monday
Just some funny JPGs about programming ‘n’ stuff. ⌘ Read more

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… the Coleco Bowlatronic
The 1981 hand-held bowling game traveled to the Star Wars universe in The Book of Boba Fett. ⌘ Read more

SUSE buys itself a “COVID 19 Hero” award. Not joking.
Also buys their CEO “Woman of the year” award. Also not joking. ⌘ Read more

Internet Explorer… for UNIX? Yes. It’s real.
Microsoft built Internet Explorer for both Solaris and HP-UX. Outlook Express and Windows Media Player are here too! ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke / Stallman Interviews
Four videos where Richard Stallman (founder of GNU and FSF) meets up with Lunduke. ⌘ Read more

Nintendo Game Processor - The lost Nintendo game creation PC
A 1994 PC, built by Nintendo, for making SNES games… that never saw the light of day. ⌘ Read more

RoboCop runs DOS, Terminator runs MacOS. The evidence.
It’s true. DOS and Mac OS (classic) power the most awesome cyborgs and androids of cinema. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke interviews nerdy musicians
MC Frontalot & Pete Mitchell (No More Kings). Two very nerdy, very awesome musicians. ⌘ Read more

What If: Nintendo never released the Game Boy?
What company would have won the hand-held war? SEGA? NEC? Atari? Someone else? ⌘ Read more

Tiny Core Linux 13.0 - full Linux desktop in 22 MB.
… and it only needs 48 MB of RAM. Seriously. It’s… beautiful. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s Proverbs of Programming href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%233”>#3**
Such proverb. Much truth. ⌘ Read more

The Lunduke Journal now has a SubReddit
Yep. We’re on Reddit. For realsies. ⌘ Read more

LundukeFest delayed (again) due to illness & weather
Lunduke is still sick. And now there’s an ice storm. The Fest must (unfortunately) be delayed. ⌘ Read more

Ubuntu Linux sued by McDonald’s for copying trademark “garish orange color scheme”
“Hideous colors are our thing! Back off, Ubuntu!” says Ronald ⌘ Read more

Retro Computer Trading Card orders end at midnight
Orders for the physical trading cards will be taken until midnight (Central Time). ⌘ Read more

Substack or Locals - Which is best for subscribing to The Lunduke Journal?
There are two ways to subscribe to The Lunduke Journal. There are a few differences. Which is best for you? ⌘ Read more

Trading Card order deadline is tomorrow.
If you were planning to get a Retro Computer Trading Card set, now’s your last chance. ⌘ Read more

The FreeBSD-based macOS clones: airyxOS & helloSystem
Two open source operating systems that mimic the look and feel of Mac OS… both built on FreeBSD. ⌘ Read more

AOSC OS/Retro: A Linux Distro for 486 & PPC Macs
… as well as ARM powered HP Jornadas and other “retro” hardware. ⌘ Read more

When Atari shipped UNIX: 1992’s Atari System V
The Atari TT030 Workstation was an early 1990s, UNIX powered beast… that has long been forgotten. ⌘ Read more