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Omarchy digital billboard ads are now running. Great to see this level of excitement and publicity for Linux systems!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101846529673752734#m
Published: September 21, 2026 01:30
Omarchy digital billboard ads are now running. Great to see this level of excitement and publicity for Linux systems! Dennis Rye (@Dennis_Rye) Omarchy week has started in Copenhagen! Thank you @sonderby for collaborating and helping fund this. Andā¦
Yet *another* record week for AI development of Linux. Last week there were 1,634 code submissions to the Linux Kernel which were written by AI. So far, in September, AI generated code has made up 17.25% of all Linux Kernel patches.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101841277432070210#m
Published: September 21, 2026 01:09
Yet *another* record week for AI development of Linux. Last week there were 1,634 code submissions to the Linux Kernel which were written by AI. So far, in September, AI generated code has made up 17.25% of all Linux Kernel patches.
Love seeing my old buddy, @ChrisLAS cranking away, producing new nerdy shows, every week, for the podcast company we created together over 20 years ago. Keep up the awesome work, my dude! Also: Dig the blazer! Lookinā sharp!
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Published: September 20, 2026 18:18
Love seeing my old buddy, @ChrisLAS cranking away, producing new nerdy shows, every week, for the podcast company we created together over 20 years ago. Keep up the awesome work, my dude! Also: Dig the blazer! Lookinā sharp! Chris Fisher (@ChrisLAS) ā¦
LCOS now has its own custom build of the Linux Kernelā¦ without Rust. Why does LCOS need a unique build of the Linux Kernel? Oh, so many reasons! - The power to remove things we donāt want (like Rust). - The power to add things we DO want. - The power to build with configurations which provide the best desktop experience and performance for LCOS. - The power to be prepared for soft (or hard) forks if needed. āLundukeās Linux Kernelā, based on the latest Linux kernel release (7.2), is currently in testing and is available as an (entirely optional) package in LCOS (ālunduke-linux-kernelā). LCOS will continue to ship with the upstream 6.x kernel, as default, until the Lunduke Kernel is sufficiently well tested. https://github.com/BryanLunduke/lunduke-linux-kernel
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101705082492379474#m
Published: September 20, 2026 16:08
LCOS now has its own custom build of the Linux Kernelā¦ without Rust. Why does LCOS need a unique build of the Linux Kernel? Oh, so many reasons! - The power to remove things we donāt want (like Rust). - The power to add things we DO want. - The power toā¦
KDE is working on an official AI / LLM policy, and it reads like the rules of Fight Club. In short, KDEās AI policy: 1) Encourages using AI, as long as a human is kept āin the loopā. 2) But you canāt tell anyone that you used AI. āDonāt disclose LLM usageā. āDonāt add āAssisted-by: [some LLM]ā (as is done in the Linux kernel). āNobody in KDE should know if you use an LLMā. In other words: āWelcome to developing KDE with AI. The first rule of developing KDE with AI is: you do not talk about developing KDE with AI.ā https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/work_items/187
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Published: September 20, 2026 14:59
KDE is working on an official AI / LLM policy, and it reads like the rules of Fight Club. In short, KDEās AI policy: 1) Encourages using AI, as long as a human is kept āin the loopā. 2) But you canāt tell anyone that you used AI. āDonāt disclose LLMā¦
Linux market share is up to 15.65% in North America, 8.76% Worldwide. The North America numbers are absolutely skyrocketing, month to month: 3.7% -> 6.14% -> 10.61% -> 15.65%. Questions: How many of these are AI bots? And how high could this go?
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101545691642315245#m
Published: September 20, 2026 05:35
Linux market share is up to 15.65% in North America, 8.76% Worldwide. The North America numbers are absolutely skyrocketing, month to month: 3.7% -> 6.14% -> 10.61% -> 15.65%. Questions: How many of these are AI bots? And how high could this go?
LCOS continues to climb up the Linux Distro charts! Yesterday it was number 13ā¦ today itās already up to number 12! All for a distro that: - Is still in Beta. - Only came into existence two months ago. - Was designed for an audience of 1. - And is made by a guy who the leaders of *several* of the prominent Linux Distros regularly call āNaziā and āFascistā. (Including a few of the distros LCOS is about to overtakeā¦) https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lcos
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101470455655698587#m
Published: September 20, 2026 00:36
LCOS continues to climb up the Linux Distro charts! Yesterday it was number 13ā¦ today itās already up to number 12! All for a distro that: - Is still in Beta. - Only came into existence two months ago. - Was designed for an audience of 1. - And isā¦
My opinion on Omarchy is very simple: Itās a unique, interesting, Linux-based desktop operating system. I absolutely love that @DHH is building the system he wants to build. Itās definitely not built for me. Itās built for DHH (and people who have similar preferences or goals to DHH). And that is exactly how it should be. The fact that Omarchy embraces meritocracy, and rejects woke craziness, is a very positive thing. Both for the contributors and the users (and the industry as a whole).
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101466498392899757#m
Published: September 20, 2026 00:20
My opinion on Omarchy is very simple: Itās a unique, interesting, Linux-based desktop operating system. I absolutely love that @DHH is building the system he wants to build. Itās definitely not built for me. Itās built for DHH (and people who haveā¦
āDistro by Committeeā. š¤£ Man. Nailed it. That sums up one of the BIG problems with so many open source projects (and most corporate software projects as well). - No singular vision. - All decisions get bogged down in groups, arguing over nonsense. - Plus that sort of structure opens up any project to infiltration from outside forces (usually with the goal of fundamentally changing or destroying the thing they are infiltrating). Distro (Death) by Committee. This is one of the key things that I am trying to avoid with LCOS. I am the king of LCOS.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101465288118083919#m
Published: September 20, 2026 00:15
āDistro by Committeeā. š¤£ Man. Nailed it. That sums up one of the BIG problems with so many open source projects (and most corporate software projects as well). - No singular vision. - All decisions get bogged down in groups, arguing over nonsense. -ā¦
Heads up that Iāll be taking off Yom Kippur (sundown Sunday through sundown Monday) ā effectively that means no show on Monday. Lunduke Journal shows resume on Tuesday morning. G'mar chatimah tovah!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101457082297807320#m
Published: September 19, 2026 23:43
Heads up that Iāll be taking off Yom Kippur (sundown Sunday through sundown Monday) ā effectively that means no show on Monday. Lunduke Journal shows resume on Tuesday morning. G'mar chatimah tovah!
For LCOS, Iāve been keeping two completely different systems in place for building the live .ISO of each release: 1) A script I wrote and maintain myself, which I run on my local build machine. 2) A small team of bots (running in @Grok @Bot) who I instructed to build LCOS isoās (based on the existing specs), with no input from me on the best engineering approach for the build process (and not based on my script). This build process runs *entirely* inside the Grok Bot cloud computer and never touches my local machines. The results have beenā¦ eye opening. While my own, hand written script has done a fairly decent job of building the ISOā¦ The team of bots have been: A) Faster at building the ISO (taking about half the time of my build script on my local computer). B) More reliable (less bugs to iron out). C) Less time consuming for me (by several orders of magnitude). Which means, if I turned over ISO building duties, for LCOS, entirely to this little team of bots: I) I would save several hours per week (at least). II) ISOs would build in half the time. III) The entire system would be more reliable. IV) And I could kick off new ISO buildsā¦ from my phone. And have it ready for me a few minutes later. If those gains were achieved by anything other than an AI / LLM systemā¦ every team building systems like this would jump to it immediately. Iām not ready to ditch my hand-crafted build system just yet (because Iām stubborn and conservative about these things). Butā¦ DANG.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101449228413181998#m
Published: September 19, 2026 23:11
For LCOS, Iāve been keeping two completely different systems in place for building the live .ISO of each release: 1) A script I wrote and maintain myself, which I run on my local build machine. 2) A small team of bots (running in @Grok @Bot) who Iā¦
Thatās rad.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101440329152909653#m
Published: September 19, 2026 22:36
Thatās rad. Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) Playing DOOM on a Stirling engine powered ESP32 "computer". [š¹ PickentCode] Video ā https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2101340786000277514#m
Chonkstep is looking pretty solid, @SiliconForested! Love seeing it running on LCOS!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101436828788171047#m
Published: September 19, 2026 22:22
Chonkstep is looking pretty solid, @SiliconForested! Love seeing it running on LCOS! Chris Kearney (@SiliconForested) Chonkstep (X11) 0.4.4 has been ported to LCOS 0.3 chonkstep on LCOS vs the stock XFCE desktop. Same machine, medians of repeatedā¦
Thank you. I strive for comedy gold. Hereās something to think about: If LCOS is a āmeme distroā with āzero contributorsā, what does that say about all of the other Linux Distros (such Arch and NixOS) which LCOS is quickly shooting pastā¦ before itās even out of Beta?
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101435029960196228#m
Published: September 19, 2026 22:15
Thank you. I strive for comedy gold. Hereās something to think about: If LCOS is a āmeme distroā with āzero contributorsā, what does that say about all of the other Linux Distros (such Arch and NixOS) which LCOS is quickly shooting pastā¦ before itāsā¦
The difference between a āWokeā and āNon-Wokeā open source project (such as a Linux distro) is actually very simple: Woke Project: Opposes meritocracy, discriminates against people (users or contributors) based on any number of criteria (political or religious views, ethnicity, etc.), and advocates for political views typically best described as āMarxistā. Non-Woke Project: Embraces meritocracy, avoids discrimination, avoids promoting āMarxistā political views.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101433490650669068#m
Published: September 19, 2026 22:09
The difference between a āWokeā and āNon-Wokeā open source project (such as a Linux distro) is actually very simple: Woke Project: Opposes meritocracy, discriminates against people (users or contributors) based on any number of criteria (political orā¦
This is so wild. @gmgauthier1967 has been going buck wild, using Grok Bot (I think?) to vibe code a bunch of different applications specifically designed for LCOS. Itās fascinating to watch thisā¦ as some of these applications (which were done *entirely* by AI) are surprisingly high quality. Lightweight, simple (in a good way), and very usable. In fact, a few of these āvibe codedā tools are higher quality than existing similar tools which were coded by humans. Whichā¦ crazy. While LCOS will continue being completely free from any AI features built into the systemā¦ I think itās a ton of fun using AI as a playground to create fun pieces of software like this. @gmgauthier1967 referred to this (cranking out āvibe codedā apps) as using a āSoftware Vending Machineā. And thatās kind of an interesting way of looking at it.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101428253609336856#m
Published: September 19, 2026 21:48
This is so wild. @gmgauthier1967 has been going buck wild, using Grok Bot (I think?) to vibe code a bunch of different applications specifically designed for LCOS. Itās fascinating to watch thisā¦ as some of these applications (which were done *entirely*ā¦
R to @LundukeJournal: There are other ānon-Wokeā distributions, but these are 5 I can personally vouch for in some way. Before the development of LCOS, I used OpenMandriva as my daily driver, with Devuan and GhostBSD on my āgoof aroundā laptop. (And Omarchy is fun and unique.)
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101425897664331870#m
Published: September 19, 2026 21:39
There are other ānon-Wokeā distributions, but these are 5 I can personally vouch for in some way. Before the development of LCOS, I used OpenMandriva as my daily driver, with Devuan and GhostBSD on my āgoof aroundā laptop. (And Omarchy is fun andā¦
Looking for an operating system which A) avoids weird, woke politics and B) is high quality? I have 5 recommendations, each unique in their approach to desktop computing. - OpenMandriva: A traditional Linux distribution with KDE desktop. One of the only Linux distros built with Clang as the compiler. - Omarchy: An AI-centric, somewhat experimental distribution focused on integrating AI Agents into the desktop workflow, with a tiling window manager and an emphasis on Text User Interfaces. - Devuan: A well maintained fork of Debian Linux, focusing on āInit Freedomā with no lock-in to SystemD. - GhostBSD: Based on FreeBSD (the only non-Linux system in this list), with a focus on ease of use for desktop users. - LCOS (Lunduke Computer OS): 1990s Desktop design with modern technology. No AI features, no online accounts, no SystemD. All of these systems focus on meritocracy and avoiding (or actively fighting against) Woke Politics. Itās also worth noting that all of these operating systems have made statements opposing Age Verification at the OS level.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101425894309167327#m
Published: September 19, 2026 21:39
Looking for an operating system which A) avoids weird, woke politics and B) is high quality? I have 5 recommendations, each unique in their approach to desktop computing. - OpenMandriva: A traditional Linux distribution with KDE desktop. One of the onlyā¦
A quick reminder that Linux is the most popular operating system for laptopsā¦ IN OUTER SPACE.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101417313085919325#m
Published: September 19, 2026 21:05
A quick reminder that Linux is the most popular operating system for laptopsā¦ IN OUTER SPACE.
How accurate is the DistroWatch ranking? Itās accurateā¦ but it doesnāt really mean much of anything (itās mostly just for fun). Measuring Linux distribution market share has been a notoriously difficult task sinceā¦ wellā¦ for as long as Linux distros have existed. Most Linux distros donāt publish any statistics whatsoever (downloads, unique repository hits, etc.). And those that DO publish statsā¦ each measures those stats in different ways. Which makes it nearly impossible to compare the market share of, say, Ubuntu vs Fedora. So, many years ago, DistroWatch added a simple feature that displays the average hits per day for the distro pages hosted on DistroWatch. In effect, all it really measures is how popular a given Linux Distro is, over a selected period (one week, one month, etc.)ā¦ but only on that one website. This ranking, as goofy as it is, has been one of the few ways of measuring Linux Distro popularity over time. That said, historically there tends to be a correlation between which systems rank highly (top 25 or so) on DistroWatchā¦ and which systems appear to have the most interest and user base (near as we can tell).
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2101398914909765973#m
Published: September 19, 2026 19:51
How accurate is the DistroWatch ranking? Itās accurateā¦ but it doesnāt really mean much of anything (itās mostly just for fun). Measuring Linux distribution market share has been a notoriously difficult task sinceā¦ wellā¦ for as long as Linux distros haveā¦
The long time Policy Fellow of the Software Freedom Conservancy (and past Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation), Bradley Kuhn, says that multiple Open Source organizations are corrupt (specifically calling out the Free Software Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, and the Linux Foundation). ā[Linux Foundation] employees have literally got in trouble for having breakfast with me at [Linux Foundation] events. Like, seriously.ā ā[Open Source Initiative and Linux Foundation] have a plurality of attention by folks outside of FOSS about what Open Source is, and that's a terrible problem because it makes FOSS look like primarily an industrial, rather than community, endeavor.ā He also states that these stances (among others) have caused others within Open Source to attack him: āSo many ghosted me, yelled at me so loud on the phone that it shook & fell off the table, called me a fascist, sent me copies of _1984_, threatened doxing, etc.ā
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096625475841900639#m
Published: September 6, 2026 15:44
The long time Policy Fellow of the Software Freedom Conservancy (and past Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation), Bradley Kuhn, says that multiple Open Source organizations are corrupt (specifically calling out the Free Software Foundation,ā¦
āHey, Lunduke! How are Omarchy and LCOS different?ā āWellā¦ā š¤£ (Whatās funny is that, between me and @DHH, Iām the one who spent years at Microsoft specifically building MS Office. But no way in heck would I include it in LCOS. This is why we need multiple great distros! Choice is good!)
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096609088582864987#m
Published: September 6, 2026 14:38
āHey, Lunduke! How are Omarchy and LCOS different?ā āWellā¦ā š¤£ (Whatās funny is that, between me and @DHH, Iām the one who spent years at Microsoft specifically building MS Office. But no way in heck would I include it in LCOS. This is why we needā¦
āX11 is better than Waylandā is not actually an unpopular opinion. Itās the standard. X11 (Xorg & XLibre) is the most used display server on Linuxā¦ despite years and years of major Linux distributions trying to force users to adopt Wayland. Most users have rejected Wayland. There has been an effort to make it *appear* as though most people prefer Waylandā¦ but this is not the case according to the numbers.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096533052713259258#m
Published: September 6, 2026 09:36
āX11 is better than Waylandā is not actually an unpopular opinion. Itās the standard. X11 (Xorg & XLibre) is the most used display server on Linuxā¦ despite years and years of major Linux distributions trying to force users to adopt Wayland. Most usersā¦
Because a little synth wave, now and then, is fun.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096450215356056016#m
Published: September 6, 2026 04:07
Because a little synth wave, now and then, is fun.
Many of the problems with Wayland are inherent in the design of the protocol itself. Wayland is not *bad*, per se. It simply does not solve many of the same issues that X11 was built to solve. And that was by design. Which means that users who take advantage of, and appreciate, what X11 can doā¦ are going to not be well served by the various Wayland implementations. My preference is to simply continue maintaining X11 and add features as necessary (which is what XLibre is doing).
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096449861495243072#m
Published: September 6, 2026 04:06
Many of the problems with Wayland are inherent in the design of the protocol itself. Wayland is not *bad*, per se. It simply does not solve many of the same issues that X11 was built to solve. And that was by design. Which means that users who takeā¦
Glad youāre enjoying LCOS!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096448698746126478#m
Published: September 6, 2026 04:01
Glad youāre enjoying LCOS! TruthFreedomPeace (@TheLepsGold777) Been using both LCOS & @OmarchyLinux & like them both,as different as they are. Both are easy to install & wise choice to add easy installer (Calamares?) & @brave Origin browser to LCOS.ā¦
Thatās a good point. Omarchy *does* use systemd! Just goes to show yaā¦ nobodyās perfect! š
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096440554468847768#m
Published: September 6, 2026 03:29
Thatās a good point. Omarchy *does* use systemd! Just goes to show yaā¦ nobodyās perfect! š Comrade Cucumber (@ComradeCucumbe1) But but Omarchy uses systemd! Reeeeee ā https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/ComradeCucumbe1/status/2096430600022315113#m
Bingo. I use XLibre as my X11 server, because Xorg is (for the most part) abandoned. But, even if XLibre didnāt exist, I would still opt to use Xorg over Wayland for 9 out of 10 use cases.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096440200909955171#m
Published: September 6, 2026 03:27
Bingo. I use XLibre as my X11 server, because Xorg is (for the most part) abandoned. But, even if XLibre didnāt exist, I would still opt to use Xorg over Wayland for 9 out of 10 use cases. Chris Titus Tech (@christitustech) Solution... just use Xorg.ā¦
š¤£ šš» The important part: Both systems (LCOS and Omarchy) are decidedly non-Woke.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096391249284530477#m
Published: September 6, 2026 00:13
š¤£ šš» The important part: Both systems (LCOS and Omarchy) are decidedly non-Woke. sbilik (@sbilik) A certain irony ... listening to @LundukeJournal explain LCOS 0.3's sane AI policy from MPV on @OmarchyLinux -- an AI-centric Linux. Love 'em both inā¦
Significant update to the Software Politics Tracker today. This is the definitive detailing of which software organizations (from Open Source to Big Tech) are "woke", opposed to meritocracy, and DEI-focused... and which ones are "not woke". Note: This is continuing to be added to. There's a LOT of data that still needs to be included. https://github.com/BryanLunduke/SoftwarePoliticsTracker
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096390731350847743#m
Published: September 6, 2026 00:11
Significant update to the Software Politics Tracker today. This is the definitive detailing of which software organizations (from Open Source to Big Tech) are "woke", opposed to meritocracy, and DEI-focused... and which ones are "not woke". Note: This isā¦
Lunduke Computer Operating System 0.3 Adds New Paint Software, Moves Towards Beta The "No Age Verification", "No Weird Politics", "No Systemd" Linux distribution marches towards a Beta release. The Lunduke Computer Operating System: https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LCOS LCOS 0.3 ISO download: https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LCOS/releases
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096313936383500634#m
Published: September 5, 2026 19:06
Lunduke Computer Operating System 0.3 Adds New Paint Software, Moves Towards Beta The "No Age Verification", "No Weird Politics", "No Systemd" Linux distribution marches towards a Beta release. The Lunduke Computer Operating System:ā¦
Ha! Perfect timing. I just hit 98% usage of my weekly limit (with 5 days left before it reset). Was *just* about to post about that. Then -- *boom* -- @Grok @Bot reset the limits.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096311110798332301#m
Published: September 5, 2026 18:54
Ha! Perfect timing. I just hit 98% usage of my weekly limit (with 5 days left before it reset). Was *just* about to post about that. Then -- *boom* -- @Grok @Bot reset the limits. Grok Bot (@bot) We've reset usage limits for all Grok Bot users. ā¦
For those curious, this is the early alpha release of "Lunduke Paint" included with LCOS 0.3. Simple (MS-Paint & Mac Paint inspired) drawing... plus layers. Lightweight. There wasn't an existing Linux paint program that met the needs of LCOS (they were all either too big and bulky, or had a UI that just didn't match LCOS, or had requirements that LCOS does not provide by default). Thus, "Lunduke Paint" was born. The 1.0 of Lunduke Paint will ship with the 1.0 release of LCOS. (Gotta have a good, simple painting program!) https://github.com/BryanLunduke/lunduke-paint
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096263610867560821#m
Published: September 5, 2026 15:46
For those curious, this is the early alpha release of "Lunduke Paint" included with LCOS 0.3. Simple (MS-Paint & Mac Paint inspired) drawing... plus layers. Lightweight. There wasn't an existing Linux paint program that met the needs of LCOS (they wereā¦
The 0.3 release of The Lunduke Computer Operating System (LCOS) is available for download. Note: LCOS 0.3 is still considered "alpha". There will be bugs. That said, I am currently using it as a daily driver with no significant issues. Some Noteworthy Changes in 0.3: - Significant updates to packaging to improve future updates. - Proper builds and packaging of recent version of XLibre. - A new, experimental simple Update mechanism. - A new, experimental painting program ("Lunduke Paint"). - Fixes for AppImage compatibility. - A number of minor design tweaks (icon layout, etc). - Improvements to the installer. Download and release notes: https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LCOS/releases/tag/0.3
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2096261861251379686#m
Published: September 5, 2026 15:39
The 0.3 release of The Lunduke Computer Operating System (LCOS) is available for download. Note: LCOS 0.3 is still considered "alpha". There will be bugs. That said, I am currently using it as a daily driver with no significant issues. Some Noteworthyā¦
I definitely much prefer the concept of fully local LLMās over using online ones. But Iāve yet to find a system (which can run on reasonably modest hardware) which can come close to the effectiveness of systems like @Grok @Bot. Hopefully thatāll be possible soonā¦ ish. That would remove a number of my concerns about AI systems.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2095996954052370631#m
Published: September 4, 2026 22:06
I definitely much prefer the concept of fully local LLMās over using online ones. But Iāve yet to find a system (which can run on reasonably modest hardware) which can come close to the effectiveness of systems like @Grok @Bot. Hopefully thatāll beā¦
I am genuinely impressed with how effective @Grok @Bot is at handling some portions of my Tech Journalism work at The Lunduke Journal, specifically research and hunting for news tips. I refuse to hand over writing, analysis, and recording duties to a botā¦ thatās my job. But there are some critical tasks ā mostly simple, repetitive data mining ā which take a tremendous amount of my time every week (between 20 and 30 hours, minimum). It would be nice to be able to hand some of that repetitive work off to Grok Bot and save myself some time. But, in order to do that, I need to be confident that Grok Bot wonāt miss critical stories. Hereās what Iāve done to test this out: I have two āemployeeā bots working at The Lunduke Journal: - J. Jonah Jameson (the Boss) - Kolchak (the Tech Journalist, who reports to J. Jonah Jameson) (Yes, I gave my bots names, personalities, and images. Because itās more fun to boss around āKolchak the Night Stalkerā than āResearch Bot Number 2ā.) I started this experiment by telling the bots to look over the last 2 years of Lunduke Journal reporting and, based on that, compile together a spreadsheet of a) sources (email lists, forums, specific social media accounts, source repositories, corporate PR pages, etc.) and b) beats (aka topics and news areas) which would have identified all of the stories I covered in that time. The bots thought long and hardā¦ and came up with a list of 13 āBeatsā and roughly 300 āSourcesā. This was a bit smaller than I expectedā¦ So I gave them my personal āSourcesā list (which contained around 600 places I check for news stories every single week) to merge with theirs. I then instructed them to run through all the sources, looking for stories that match the beats they identified ā and, while doing that, they were to add new viable āSourcesā (blogs of CEOs, etc.) as they crop up. The bots do their scoop hunting twice a day (morning and afternoon), going through every source. As they find new stories, they pass me a short summary (one or two sentences) with relevant links to sources. Then I can look into them and see if theyāre worth reporting on. Iāve been having them do this for the last two weeks or soā¦ and have been continuing to do my own, manual, human scoop hunting as well. That way I can double check to see how the bots compare to me doing the same job, over the same time period. The results so far: - The bots missed a couple of important news items during that first week. So I pointed those failures out to them, and they expanding their searches accordingly. - Over the last week, however, the bots have not missed a single news story which I caught. - In fact, the bots caught multiple news stories *before* I did. Itās impossible for a human (me) to go through *every* source (thereās simply too many), every single dayā¦ but the bots can do it! - The bots also reported a small handful of news stories which were not interesting at all (but, hey, better safe than sorry). - Each āpassā of hunting for news tips takes the bots anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes. Give or take. - This approach chews through the weekly AI token limit at lightning speed. Even with the highest level SuperGrok Heavy subscription (which runs $300 / month), this research can quickly use up 50% of the weekly usage in just 2 days. It would be truly spectacular if Grok Bot could take over the repetitive Tech News research dutiesā¦ saving me over 20 hours per week would be amazing. The biggest obstacle to saving me that timeā¦ is that pesky āWeekly usageā limit. If that were to increase by 2.5X, it would be definitely viable. But, even at the current usage limitsā¦ it still could save me significant time by offloading the research onto the bots for a few days per week. Color me impressed. I didnāt want to like these botsā¦ but, a few issues aside, @Bot is proving to be highly beneficial for this work.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2095994760284541356#m
Published: September 4, 2026 21:57
I am genuinely impressed with how effective @Grok @Bot is at handling some portions of my Tech Journalism work at The Lunduke Journal, specifically research and hunting for news tips. I refuse to hand over writing, analysis, and recording duties to aā¦
Iām starting to think that @TeamToad might be right about us having already passed the singularity. Side note: @TeamToad is Michael Mauldin, the legend who created the Lycos search engine.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2095974614128001144#m
Published: September 4, 2026 20:37
Iām starting to think that @TeamToad might be right about us having already passed the singularity. Side note: @TeamToad is Michael Mauldin, the legend who created the Lycos search engine. Michael Mauldin (@TeamToad) I think we're long past theā¦
One of the biggest roadblocks in making @Grok @Bot a core part of any of my workā¦ is the hard limits. Right now Iām at 26% of my weekly usageā¦ and that was done in a little over 2 hours of active usage this morning. Very impressive what Grok Bot can do. But the limits mean I can only really use it for 2 or 3 days per week before it turns off. And thatās at the highest Heavy / Ultra subscription level possible.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2095663080071897231#m
Published: September 3, 2026 23:59
One of the biggest roadblocks in making @Grok @Bot a core part of any of my workā¦ is the hard limits. Right now Iām at 26% of my weekly usageā¦ and that was done in a little over 2 hours of active usage this morning. Very impressive what Grok Bot can do. ā¦
RT by @LundukeJournal: According to the dev of https://Paint.NET, the AI developed functionality is not being dropped, as the earlier statement made it appear. Whether this is a case of a changed decision, or simply a messaging issue, itās worth noting.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2095603996761231556#m
Published: September 3, 2026 20:05
According to the dev of Paint.NET, the AI developed functionality is not being dropped, as the earlier statement made it appear. Whether this is a case of a changed decision, or simply a messaging issue, itās worth noting.
The German Government is funding Flatpak to the tune of half a million dollars. Whatās fascinating is that this act is being cheered for by many of the exact same people who attacked Omarchy for receiving funding from some Big Tech CEOs. Capitalism funding Open Source = They hate it. The German Government funding Open Source = They love it. But, hey, Iām sure thereās nothing to worry about with this Flatpak funding. The German government *definitely* is not looking to influence or control Open Source for their own, weird, nefarious, German-y reasons. Germany would NEVER do anything weird, nefarious, or German-y. https://modal.cx/blog/announcing-flatpak-sta/
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2094254499565027432#m
Published: August 31, 2026 02:42
The German Government is funding Flatpak to the tune of half a million dollars. Whatās fascinating is that this act is being cheered for by many of the exact same people who attacked Omarchy for receiving funding from some Big Tech CEOs. Capitalismā¦
A Debian Developer resigns from Debian in protest over AI usage, calls people who supports or uses AI āfascistā. Many other Debian Developers publicly agree with that, saying that anyone who uses AI is a āfascistā. A guy named David comes along and says to the guy attacking AI users as āfascistā, paraphrasing, āNope! Youāre the fascist!ā The Debian Developer who maintains part of apt then threatens to leave the project if Debian doesnāt punish David. So Debian blocks David from Debian mailings lists. In short: - Debian allows people to call people āfascistā, as long as the target of the attack is AI or pro-AI. - Debian does NOT allow pro-AI people to attack the people attacking them, even if they use the same language.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2094132489832804639#m
Published: August 30, 2026 18:37
A Debian Developer resigns from Debian in protest over AI usage, calls people who supports or uses AI āfascistā. Many other Debian Developers publicly agree with that, saying that anyone who uses AI is a āfascistā. A guy named David comes along and saysā¦
Itās true. The energy and enthusiasm around Omarchy is truly spectacular. Love to see it!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2094128965652713506#m
Published: August 30, 2026 18:23
Itās true. The energy and enthusiasm around Omarchy is truly spectacular. Love to see it! Greg Gauthier (@gmgauthier1967) I will say this much about Omarchy: I haven't seen this kind of popular energy around an OPERATING SYSTEM, since Windows 95. ā¦
āI donāt want to stand with Lundukeā¦ BUTā¦ā Famous last words, @src_rip! You shall forever be known as āAndrew āAgrees With Lundukeā Stewartā!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2094128665818743093#m
Published: August 30, 2026 18:22
āI donāt want to stand with Lundukeā¦ BUTā¦ā Famous last words, @src_rip! You shall forever be known as āAndrew āAgrees With Lundukeā Stewartā!
Californiaās bill which would exempt Open Source Operating Systems from the stateās mandatory Age Attestation lawā¦ has passed both houses and is now being sent to the California Governorās desk to be signed into law. The key new language: āāOperating system providerā does not mean a person or entity that distributes an operating system or application under license terms that permit a recipient to copy, redistribute, and modify the software.ā In theory, this would exempt BSD or GPL licensed operating systems from being included in Age Verification / Attestation requirements. It is assumed that @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom will sign the bill. Effectively making it state law that Age/ID collection/declaration will only be required for proprietary operating systems. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856#99INT
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Published: August 29, 2026 20:50
Californiaās bill which would exempt Open Source Operating Systems from the stateās mandatory Age Attestation lawā¦ has passed both houses and is now being sent to the California Governorās desk to be signed into law. The key new language: āāOperatingā¦
SourceHut now prohibits the use of AI / LLM on any part of any project hosted on their source control service. What, specifically, is forbidden on SourceHut? Any āoriginal content written with or which facilitates the use of LLMs (large language models) or other generative AI technologies.ā In other words: āThe use of LLMs or other generative AI tools to produce or assist with the production of source code, assets, tickets, emails, and so on, will no longer be permitted on SourceHut once these terms take effect.ā Existing projects, hosted on SourceHub, are being told to cease all AI usage or have their projects deleted. https://sourcehut.org/blog/2026-08-27-tos-changes-and-llms/#changes
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Published: August 29, 2026 17:20
SourceHut now prohibits the use of AI / LLM on any part of any project hosted on their source control service. What, specifically, is forbidden on SourceHut? Any āoriginal content written with or which facilitates the use of LLMs (large language models)ā¦
A former Debian Project leader has spoken up on the Debian Linux vote to allow all AI contributions. Pointing out that there is a āvery large minority [39% of Debian developers] that would have preferred to ban or discourage AI.ā āI regret that the winning option does not acknowledge all the legitimate concerns around AI: environmental impact, copyright and licensing uncertainty, the health of Free Software communities, and the strain of aggressive scraping on the open web.ā Side note: See that crazy chart? Thatās a visualization of the ranked choice (8 option) voting which Debian used for their General Resolution votes. Pure chaos.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093698289828864246#m
Published: August 29, 2026 13:52
A former Debian Project leader has spoken up on the Debian Linux vote to allow all AI contributions. Pointing out that there is a āvery large minority [39% of Debian developers] that would have preferred to ban or discourage AI.ā āI regret that theā¦
āF**k that, Iām out,ā says prominent Debian developer, who is leaving the project after Debian Members voted to allow AI contributions. From Antoine Le Gonidecās resignation: āI want the consequences of Debian fully embracing fascist-backed technology to be known.ā āI am no longer interested in anything coming from Debian.ā āPretending to have a neutral stance when faced with fascism is not neutrality, itās active collaboration.ā
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093694967793229881#m
Published: August 29, 2026 13:39
āF**k that, Iām out,ā says prominent Debian developer, who is leaving the project after Debian Members voted to allow AI contributions. From Antoine Le Gonidecās resignation: āI want the consequences of Debian fully embracing fascist-backed technology toā¦
āOmarchy is not going to adopt a formal Code of Conduct,ā says @OmarchyLinux founder, @DHH. Why? Because āthose turned out to be struggle-session processes in the las turning.ā
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093691699759399118#m
Published: August 29, 2026 13:26
āOmarchy is not going to adopt a formal Code of Conduct,ā says @OmarchyLinux founder, @DHH. Why? Because āthose turned out to be struggle-session processes in the las turning.ā
Here we see a Python Core developer, and Code of Conduct Working Group team member, proclaiming that he does ānot feel comfortable traveling to the US right nowā. This was in response President Trumpās āLake Americaā announcement. Being afraid to go somewhereā¦ because of the name of a lake? Bit weird. Whatās next? Are we going to start hearing about how ārenaming bodies of waterā is āliterally genocideā? https://mastodon.social/@brettcannon/117175526452920550
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093516511558185096#m
Published: August 29, 2026 01:50
Here we see a Python Core developer, and Code of Conduct Working Group team member, proclaiming that he does ānot feel comfortable traveling to the US right nowā. This was in response President Trumpās āLake Americaā announcement. Being afraid to goā¦
The Debian Linux project has just passed a General Resolution, taking an official stance on AI usage within Debian. The passed āResponsible Use of Generative AIā resolution states : āDebian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools in the development, maintenance, or documentation of software, packaging, documentation, and other media published within the Debian Project.ā In other words: Use AI. Donāt use AI. Debian doesnāt care either way. The passed Debian resolution also states : āWe recognize that such tools can substantially improve the productivity of contributors when used responsibly, allowing volunteers to spend more of their limited time on work that requires technical expertise, judgment, review, and collaboration.ā Voting concluded at 8pm this evening, with the vote being conducted using ranked choice voting. It is now the official policy of Debian.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093513414739992671#m
Published: August 29, 2026 01:37
The Debian Linux project has just passed a General Resolution, taking an official stance on AI usage within Debian. The passed āResponsible Use of Generative AIā resolution states : āDebian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools inā¦
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https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093471067704599006#m
Published: August 28, 2026 22:49
Grok Bot (@bot) Grok Bot can now buy things on the internet. To get started, connect @link, send your Bot shopping, and it can complete purchases on your behalf. Video ā https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/bot/status/2093419921007108385#m
Running a series of tests using @Grok @Botā¦ and the results have impressed me. Opted to try treating it like an office, with me as the CEO. Created a variety of different bots to focus on different things (research, coding, sysadmin, etc.). To make it fun for me, I based each on a fictional character who I thought would be amusing to have in a given role. Iāve told each of them that, if they screw up, theyāll end up getting melted down like the T-1000 at the end of Judgment Day. So far, Iāve only had to destroy one of them. SO FAR.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093060357887787411#m
Published: August 27, 2026 19:37
Running a series of tests using @Grok @Botā¦ and the results have impressed me. Opted to try treating it like an office, with me as the CEO. Created a variety of different bots to focus on different things (research, coding, sysadmin, etc.). To make itā¦
No new Lunduke Journal shows today or tomorrow. I hurt my hip. Doing what, you ask? Who knows! Iām old. At a certain point, in life, hurting your hip is just what you do. I probably slept āwrongā. Because of that I canāt sit normally in a chair. Which makes recording a bitā¦ tricky. Hence: No new shows for the next two days.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2093051962736714106#m
Published: August 27, 2026 19:04
No new Lunduke Journal shows today or tomorrow. I hurt my hip. Doing what, you ask? Who knows! Iām old. At a certain point, in life, hurting your hip is just what you do. I probably slept āwrongā. Because of that I canāt sit normally in a chair. ā¦
Antifaās pro-Islamic terrorism stance has been on display for years. When my family used to live in Portland, Oregon (thank heavens we moved), we had a front row seat to the constant riots and attacks which Antifa was part of. Portlandās Antifa groups always had a deep love of Islam and a burning hatred of Christians and Jews. They threatened local synagogues and churches, screamed anti-Jewish and anti-Christian chants, attacked Christian groups holding prayer circles in the park. Antifa is a terrorist organization which hates America (and Americans). The fact that they have connections to Hamas and the IRGC is on-brand for them.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2092998125044584833#m
Published: August 27, 2026 15:30
Antifaās pro-Islamic terrorism stance has been on display for years. When my family used to live in Portland, Oregon (thank heavens we moved), we had a front row seat to the constant riots and attacks which Antifa was part of. Portlandās Antifa groupsā¦
The Leftist Activists of Open Source never miss an opportunity to attack Conservatives in a vulgar way.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2092993665199181864#m
Published: August 27, 2026 15:12
The Leftist Activists of Open Source never miss an opportunity to attack Conservatives in a vulgar way.
Love seeing that development on Ladybird is going strong.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2092718777972502695#m
Published: August 26, 2026 21:00
Love seeing that development on Ladybird is going strong. Andreas Kling (@awesomekling) We're getting serious about @ladybirdbrowser performance. StyleBench is now up ~22x since last month! š Also making steady incremental progress on Speedometer 2 &ā¦
An impressive set of changes and improvements to @haikuOS. R1/B6 looks to be a solid release. Looking forward to kicking the tires (and curious how far out an official R1 full release might be).
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2092718229894402361#m
Published: August 26, 2026 20:58
An impressive set of changes and improvements to @haikuOS. R1/B6 looks to be a solid release. Looking forward to kicking the tires (and curious how far out an official R1 full release might be). Haiku (@haikuOS) š Haiku R1/beta6 has been released!ā¦
Spill the beans, @DHH. š What did Arch leadership say about why they didnāt want to be associated with Omarchy? Based on Archās past statements (and their censorship of any who mention āLundukeā)ā¦ I have a guess!
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2092691907092549777#m
Published: August 26, 2026 19:13
Spill the beans, @DHH. š What did Arch leadership say about why they didnāt want to be associated with Omarchy? Based on Archās past statements (and their censorship of any who mention āLundukeā)ā¦ I have a guess! DHH (@dhh) Update: I heard back! Theā¦
RT by @LundukeJournal: Big Tech CEOs Pledging Millions to Fight Wokeness in Open Source Seriously. That's a real headline. Not April Fools' Day. The CEO's of DELL, Stripe, Cloudflare, Shopify, & DropBox (plus the founder of Twitter) have each donated $1 Million Dollars to fight wokeness in Linux.
https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/LundukeJournal/status/2092598131682582888#m
Published: August 26, 2026 13:00
Big Tech CEOs Pledging Millions to Fight Wokeness in Open Source Seriously. That's a real headline. Not April Fools' Day. The CEO's of DELL, Stripe, Cloudflare, Shopify, & DropBox (plus the founder of Twitter) have each donated $1 Million Dollars toā¦