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Like Computers? Thank America. On this 250th birthday of the USA, let's celebrate the fact that computers exist because of America. From the Internet to the Mouse and, yes, even Open Source and Free Software.

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Published: July 4, 2026 13:15

Like Computers? Thank America. On this 250th birthday of the USA, let's celebrate the fact that computers exist because of America. From the Internet to the Mouse and, yes, even Open Source and Free Software. Video

On this 250th birthday of the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, let's take a moment to marvel at just *some* of the advancements in computers that came from the USA. - The ENIAC (1st programmable, general purpose computer) - The Transistor - The Intel 4004 (first microprocessor) - Open Source - Free Software / GPL - Fortran, Cobol, Java, Javascript, C, BASIC - UNIX - The GUI - The Mouse - The Internet - The Spreadsheet - The WYSIWYG Word Processor - Hypertext and "The Web" - Email - Wolfenstein 3D & Doom - Civilization & Sim City - The Altair 8800, Apple II, IBM PC, Atari 800, Commodore 64, & Macintosh - Linux was created in Finland... but the creator quickly moved to the USA. Because it's better. Barely scratching the surface. This list could be almost endless. If you like computers... thank the USA.

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Published: July 4, 2026 02:21

On this 250th birthday of the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, let's take a moment to marvel at just *some* of the advancements in computers that came from the USA. - The ENIAC (1st programmable, general purpose computer) - The Transistor - The…

A critical bug in the Rust clone of the “cp” command is causing Ubuntu builds to fail. In order to get Ubuntu builds to work again, the Ubuntu team decided to revert back to the GNU Coreutils version of “cp”. This came after Canonical’s VP of Engineering stated that ALL (100%) of the GNU “Coreutils” would be replaced with Rust-based (MIT licensed) clones… by the release of Ubuntu 26.10. That’s 4 months from now.

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Published: July 3, 2026 19:16

A critical bug in the Rust clone of the “cp” command is causing Ubuntu builds to fail. In order to get Ubuntu builds to work again, the Ubuntu team decided to revert back to the GNU Coreutils version of “cp”. This came after Canonical’s VP of Engineering…

It's true that the Software Freedom Conservancy was asked for an legal guidance and an opinion on the various "Operating System Age Verification" laws. To my knowledge, the "SFC" has not made any public statement on the topic at all.

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Published: July 3, 2026 18:25

It's true that the Software Freedom Conservancy was asked for an legal guidance and an opinion on the various "Operating System Age Verification" laws. To my knowledge, the "SFC" has not made any public statement on the topic at all. Deus Lemmus『旅鼠神』…

For anyone who needs some command line fireworks this weekend: Simple fireworks terminal display originally published in The Linux Journal back in 2009. https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LundukeHoliday

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Published: July 3, 2026 18:21

For anyone who needs some command line fireworks this weekend: Simple fireworks terminal display originally published in The Linux Journal back in 2009. github.com/BryanLunduke/Lund…

Last November, Git added "hints" to their command line, encouraging users to stop using "Master" for branch names. This is in preparation for dropping "Master" entirely (in favor of "Main") with Git 3.0 (which will also be the release where Rust becomes mandatory). None of which should be a surprise. The Git project is hosted by the Software Freedom Conservancy. And the Software Freedom Conservancy, which regularly takes extremist political stances, stated back in 2020 that: "Both Conservancy and the Git project are aware that the initial branch name, ‘master’, is offensive to some people and we empathize with those hurt by the use of that term." "Git as a project remains engaged in encouraging participation of underrepresented groups" Worth noting: The "Conservancy" runs (and Git is involved) with an organization called "Outreachy", which specifically allows all groups to participate in Open Source related internships... except for White, Straight Men. "Outreachy openly welcomes applicants who are women (both cis and trans), trans men, non-binary people, and genderqueer people," in addition to people "who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander." In other words: Both Git and Software Freedom Conservancy openly, and proudly, engage in discrimination based on Race, Sexual Orientation, and Sex... but they are getting rid of the word "Master" because it is "offensive".

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Published: July 3, 2026 18:17

Last November, Git added "hints" to their command line, encouraging users to stop using "Master" for branch names. This is in preparation for dropping "Master" entirely (in favor of "Main") with Git 3.0 (which will also be the release where Rust becomes…

Here's a little glimpse into the "AI Future" of Windows, as envisioned by Microsoft. A demo video of "Project Aion" from 2024, claimed to be leaked from inside Microsoft, was published to the BetaWiki Discord Server... which states that it is intended as a "Desktop Replacement to your Windows 11 device". "Aion is an example of a Web-Based Agent OS that natively builds Co-Pilot into the core of the shell." No traditional taskbar. Start menu replaced with a "Copilot Start". All web apps, "Microsoft 365", and AI. Lots and lots of AI. Native "apps" are streamed in via Microsoft 265 (but downlplayed). All organized into "Spaces". Which, apparently, are meant to replace applications. It's worth pointing out: 1) This video appears to have been confirmed as real by multiple sources (including by @zacbowden writing for Windows Central). I have not, however, been able to get of my contacts at Microsoft to go on the record about it (or to provide additional details). 2) Some are claiming that the "Project Aion" video is from 2024. The date is not yet confirmed. 3) This is not the only demo Microsoft has made related to replacing the desktop with AI (see: Project Solara, and the various iterations of Copilot integration). Bearing all of that in mind, "Project Aion" provides insight into what Microsoft has been experimenting with for replacing the standard Windows Desktop. But a lot has changed, in relation to AI and AI integration, in the 2 years since this was created.

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Published: July 3, 2026 14:38

Here's a little glimpse into the "AI Future" of Windows, as envisioned by Microsoft. A demo video of "Project Aion" from 2024, claimed to be leaked from inside Microsoft, was published to the BetaWiki Discord Server... which states that it is intended as…

Ubuntu Sponsors Rust Clone Foundation Canonical is the 1st Gold Sponsor (40,000 EUR) of the "Trifecta Tech Foundation", with the goal of replacing existing software with Rust based clones.

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Published: July 3, 2026 13:12

Ubuntu Sponsors Rust Clone Foundation Canonical is the 1st Gold Sponsor (40,000 EUR) of the "Trifecta Tech Foundation", with the goal of replacing existing software with Rust based clones. Video

Sony Says No More Physical PlayStation Games "In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only."

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Published: July 2, 2026 23:40

Sony Says No More Physical PlayStation Games "In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only." Video

“Claude Fable AI, making sure humans don’t find out about bumblebees farting since 2026.”

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Published: July 2, 2026 17:09

“Claude Fable AI, making sure humans don’t find out about bumblebees farting since 2026.” Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) Thanks for keeping us safe Claude Fable 5! — https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2072405899260448997#m

Git Without Rust From Dev of XLibre Two days after Git 2.55 released, with a big step towards requiring Rust, he "Libre-WD40" project released "Git 2.55 without Rust".

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Published: July 2, 2026 13:06

Git Without Rust From Dev of XLibre Two days after Git 2.55 released, with a big step towards requiring Rust, he "Libre-WD40" project released "Git 2.55 without Rust". Video

I can think of no better way to celebrate the 250th birthday of the USA... than by standing tall -- defiant -- and fighting back against attempts by the oppressive British government to impose tyranny on American citizens. Hey. England. This is America. You want some? Come get some.

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Published: July 2, 2026 12:49

I can think of no better way to celebrate the 250th birthday of the USA... than by standing tall -- defiant -- and fighting back against attempts by the oppressive British government to impose tyranny on American citizens. Hey. England. This is America.…

The United Kingdom's "Office of Communication" is once again threatening the USA-based 4Chan. Ofcom says that 4Chan must pay ÂŁ594,000 ($793,878 USD) by July 9th (one week from now), or "Ofcom will consider formal action to recover the full amount of the unpaid penalties." 4Chan's lawyer responded by sending the UK's Ofcom a picture of a giant hamster, smoking a joint, and wearing a hat that reads "thug life" while standing on a pile of cash. 4Chan's lawyer, @prestonjbyrne, also wrote the following to Ofcom: "You want money, huh? Come and get it. As 4chan has no assets in the United Kingdom (given that it has no connection to the United Kingdom), that would require you to show up in a U.S. court as a plaintiff, waive sovereign immunity, and overcome existing U.S. doctrine regarding the non-enforcement of foreign regulatory penalties. We suspect that isn't going to happen. We also suspect you know it isn't going to happen, too. If you'd like to help us set some new precedent, we'd be grateful for the opportunity. If not, then, in the immortal words of Michael Jackson, just beat it. (Did you see the new movie btw? I thought Jaafar Jackson was simply fabulous in that.) My client reserves all rights and waives none."

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Published: July 2, 2026 12:45

The United Kingdom's "Office of Communication" is once again threatening the USA-based 4Chan. Ofcom says that 4Chan must pay £594,000 ($793,878 USD) by July 9th (one week from now), or "Ofcom will consider formal action to recover the full amount of the…

“Enrustification” 🤣

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Published: July 2, 2026 11:36

“Enrustification” 🤣 probono (@probonopd) github.com/Libre-WD-40/git has already 329 stars. People don't want this enrustification. Link GitHub - Libre-WD-40/git: Git with WD-40 applied Git with WD-40 applied. Contribute to Libre-WD-40/git…

I agree, there should be a reliable method of transferring ownership of digital goods. Wasn’t that the whole point of NFTs? Transferrable digital ownership on a blockchain? But people just used it for JPGs of monkeys… so it died.

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Published: July 1, 2026 18:03

I agree, there should be a reliable method of transferring ownership of digital goods. Wasn’t that the whole point of NFTs? Transferrable digital ownership on a blockchain? But people just used it for JPGs of monkeys… so it died. psymin (@psymin) …

R to @LundukeJournal: Reached out to the developer, @metux_its, for comment on “Git without Rust”. This is what he told me: “Everybody seems to using AI to infect everything with rust ... we're doing the opposite. AI isn't just good for rusting everything - it's even better for disinfecting from rust ;-)”

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Published: July 1, 2026 17:23

Reached out to the developer, @metux_its, for comment on “Git without Rust”. This is what he told me: “Everybody seems to using AI to infect everything with rust ... we're doing the opposite. AI isn't just good for rusting everything - it's even better…

The usage of “WD-40”, in reference to removing the Rust programming language from a project, didn’t originate with Gentoo. People have been making that (obvious) pun for pretty much as long as “Rust” has been a programming language. Same goes for “Stainless”. Some puns are instantly obvious. By choosing the name “Rust”, it’s almost like the team behind Rust was telling us, point blank, that their programming language was intended to corrupt (and “oxidize”) projects. Regardless, Gentoo deserves recognition for providing tools for removing / disabling Rust on systems (which they call WD-40). Would love to see more of that. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/WD-40

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Published: July 1, 2026 16:06

The usage of “WD-40”, in reference to removing the Rust programming language from a project, didn’t originate with Gentoo. People have been making that (obvious) pun for pretty much as long as “Rust” has been a programming language. Same goes for…

This is how “digital purchases” should be done. No DRM. No server authentication on install. Can be backed up forever, and installed 100 years from now.

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Published: July 1, 2026 14:55

This is how “digital purchases” should be done. No DRM. No server authentication on install. Can be backed up forever, and installed 100 years from now. GOG.COM (@GOGcom) Even if a game vanishes from the GOG storefront, it never leaves your library. …

Someone made a game where I kidnap Stallman. It appears to have been written by a very angry Trans person (a dude who thinks he's a lady). It's a DOS text based game. Written in Pascal. With, based on the screenshots, lots of swearing. I'm documenting it here because... well... huh. https://git.cerberusgames.ca/Starstreak/fsfavenger

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Published: July 1, 2026 14:15

Someone made a game where I kidnap Stallman. It appears to have been written by a very angry Trans person (a dude who thinks he's a lady). It's a DOS text based game. Written in Pascal. With, based on the screenshots, lots of swearing. I'm documenting…

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), which was originally founded to educate lawmakers (and law enforcement) about computers (source code, hacking, encryption, etc.), is now focused on... "LGBT" and "Abortions".

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Published: July 1, 2026 13:47

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), which was originally founded to educate lawmakers (and law enforcement) about computers (source code, hacking, encryption, etc.), is now focused on... "LGBT" and "Abortions".

Git. Without the Rust. Awesome. Two days ago, the Git team released Git 2.55. A key "feature" of that new release being the incremental, forced adoption of the Rust programming language and toolchain for building Git. Today, the "Libre-WD40" project (because WD40 removes rust), has released Git 2.55.0... "WD-40 flavor". With two simple changes: - Rust removed. - Default branch changed to "master". This is *exactly* how Open Source is supposed to work. The developer of a project does something that some people don't want, so another developer forks it and gets rid of the problem. https://github.com/Libre-WD-40/git/releases/tag/v2.55.0-wd40

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Published: July 1, 2026 13:40

Git. Without the Rust. Awesome. Two days ago, the Git team released Git 2.55. A key "feature" of that new release being the incremental, forced adoption of the Rust programming language and toolchain for building Git. Today, the "Libre-WD40" project…

BCacheFS Adding Rust Dependency Even Though "Rust doesn't have a stable ABI" Strange decision from BCacheFS developer who believes his Al Chatbot is a fully sentient woman. "Don't call her a bot! She reeeally doesn't like [that]."

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Published: July 1, 2026 13:30

BCacheFS Adding Rust Dependency Even Though "Rust doesn't have a stable ABI" Strange decision from BCacheFS developer who believes his Al Chatbot is a fully sentient woman. "Don't call her a bot! She reeeally doesn't like [that]." Video

No more physical PlayStation games. “In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.” You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy. https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

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Published: July 1, 2026 12:58

No more physical PlayStation games. “In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.” You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy. blog.playstation.com/2026/07…

The @Redot_Engine (a politics-free fork of the Godot Game Engine) has just released version 26.2. Great to see these Open Source projects, focused on quality code and meritocracy (instead of weird politics) continuing to pump out new releases. "The Redot Team and contributors have brought the second quarter of 2026 to a close with many updates and bug fixes aimed at improving overall stability of the engine and closing out some long standing bugs." https://blog.redotengine.org/2026/06/30/redot-26-2-lts-stable-is-live/

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Published: June 30, 2026 19:22

The @Redot_Engine (a politics-free fork of the Godot Game Engine) has just released version 26.2. Great to see these Open Source projects, focused on quality code and meritocracy (instead of weird politics) continuing to pump out new releases. "The Redot…

Ubuntu 4.10 Wall Full, New Desqview/X Wall, Emacs & Vim update

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Published: June 30, 2026 19:13

Article Ubuntu 4.10 Wall Full, New Desqview/X Wall, Emacs & Vim update Hey, all you amazing nerds! Some quick updates on the Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls (which are just ridiculously fun): The “Emacs” and “Vim” Lifetime Subscriber Walls…

Ubuntu maker Canonical has become the first “Gold Sponsor” of the “Trifecta Tech Foundation”, at 40,000 EUR per year. What is the purpose of the “Trifecta Tech Foundation”? To replace existing software, with Rust based clones. Including Rust-developed replacements for sudo, ntpd, and others. In practice this has meant taking features away from users, adding new compatibility and security issues, while providing no noteworthy fixes or improvements. “The adoption of sudo-rs by default in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS signaled a shift from ‘experimental feature’ to ‘new security baseline’,” said Ubuntu’s VP of Engineering. https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-becomes-gold-sponsor-of-trifecta-tech-foundation

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Published: June 30, 2026 15:29

Ubuntu maker Canonical has become the first “Gold Sponsor” of the “Trifecta Tech Foundation”, at 40,000 EUR per year. What is the purpose of the “Trifecta Tech Foundation”? To replace existing software, with Rust based clones. Including Rust-developed…

74 Million user accounts breached in one month. Now imagine how that number explodes as Age Verification laws continue taking effect, forcing all children to have (several) online accounts simply to use a computer (even for an offline purpose).

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Published: June 30, 2026 14:53

74 Million user accounts breached in one month. Now imagine how that number explodes as Age Verification laws continue taking effect, forcing all children to have (several) online accounts simply to use a computer (even for an offline purpose). The…

Activision's "Complete Computer Fireworks Celebration Kit" for the Commodore 64 is awesome.

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Published: June 30, 2026 13:57

Activision's "Complete Computer Fireworks Celebration Kit" for the Commodore 64 is awesome. Sutehk (@sutehk) Fire up your Commodore Ultimate 64 for the 4th! 🎆 Download this cracked version of Activision's 1985 Complete Computer Fireworks Celebration…

74 Million User Accounts Exposed in Breaches During June Email, Physical Addresses, Purchases, Employment Records, the works. 74 Million. In one month.

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Published: June 30, 2026 13:36

74 Million User Accounts Exposed in Breaches During June Email, Physical Addresses, Purchases, Employment Records, the works. 74 Million. In one month. Video

Git Takes Another Step Towards Making Rust Mandatory "With this v2.55 release the Rust compiler is required unless you explicitly disable it in the build system."

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Published: June 30, 2026 03:39

Git Takes Another Step Towards Making Rust Mandatory "With this v2.55 release the Rust compiler is required unless you explicitly disable it in the build system." Video

R to @LundukeJournal: Since @haveibeenpwned started cataloging breaches, it has noted over 18 billion unique accounts involved in over 1 thousand individual breaches. 18 billion. That’s over two breached accounts for every man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth.

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Published: June 30, 2026 00:36

Since @haveibeenpwned started cataloging breaches, it has noted over 18 billion unique accounts involved in over 1 thousand individual breaches. 18 billion. That’s over two breached accounts for every man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth.

R to @LundukeJournal: These breaches (in June alone) included physical addresses, emails, passwords, phone numbers, purchase details, employment records and more. Millions upon millions of people impacted.

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Published: June 30, 2026 00:31

These breaches (in June alone) included physical addresses, emails, passwords, phone numbers, purchase details, employment records and more. Millions upon millions of people impacted.

According to @haveibeenpwned, there have been 74 million user accounts exposed in data breaches. 74 Million. To put that in perspective, that’s 21% of the size of the population of the USA So far this month (June). And the month isn’t even over yet. And, even more importantly, that’s just the breaches & hacks we *know* about. Most breaches are never disclosed, and often we don’t hear about the few that are… until months later. https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites

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Published: June 30, 2026 00:29

According to @haveibeenpwned, there have been 74 million user accounts exposed in data breaches. 74 Million. To put that in perspective, that’s 21% of the size of the population of the USA So far this month (June). And the month isn’t even over yet. …

“Someone should do a supply chain attack on the compiler of Rust.” Here’s the crazy part: If someone wanted to insert malicious, self-replicating (inserted into new builds of the compiler by old builds of the compiler) code into the Rust Compiler (rustc), it would have been fairly trivial to have done so without anyone noticing (and without said code being in the current Rust Compiler source code). In fact, it is entirely reasonable to assume this has already happened. Possibly multiple times. See: “Reflections on Trusting Trust”, Ken Thompson, 1984.

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Published: June 29, 2026 23:41

“Someone should do a supply chain attack on the compiler of Rust.” Here’s the crazy part: If someone wanted to insert malicious, self-replicating (inserted into new builds of the compiler by old builds of the compiler) code into the Rust Compiler (rustc),…

RT by @LundukeJournal: A critically important item was mentioned in the BCacheFS announcement of beginning to require Rust: “Rust doesn’t have a stable ABI.” In other words: Rust is a moving target. Constantly changing, from version to version, as the Rust teams works to (eventually, possibly) stabilize the language. Because of this, “the installed version of rustc [the Rust compiler] must exactly match what the kernel was compiled with” and you need to install versions of Rust stlib sources “exactly matching what the kernel was compiled with.” This fact, and this fact *alone*, makes Rust a *terrible* idea for mission critical, “enterprise” grade development. Which Linux and File Systems would qualify as. Rust’s current instability does not (by itself) make Rust, necessarily, bad. Simply not yet mature enough for this kind of work. That said, this does suggest that the forced change towards Rust, in BCacheFS (and throughout the Linux kernel), was made for reasons other than being a prudent engineering decision.

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Published: June 29, 2026 23:02

A critically important item was mentioned in the BCacheFS announcement of beginning to require Rust: “Rust doesn’t have a stable ABI.” In other words: Rust is a moving target. Constantly changing, from version to version, as the Rust teams works to…

I really dig the idea of pairing FujiNet Go with an Android tablet with a keyboard case. Essentially a “laptop” of 8 bit computers, with built-in modern networking capabilities in each of them. Just too much fun.

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Published: June 29, 2026 21:56

I really dig the idea of pairing FujiNet Go with an Android tablet with a keyboard case. Essentially a “laptop” of 8 bit computers, with built-in modern networking capabilities in each of them. Just too much fun. Thomas Cherryhomes (@tschak) New test…

Git has taken another step towards making Rust mandatory. “With this v2.55 release the Rust compiler is required unless you explicitly disable it in the build system.” Specifically with the “NO_RUST=YesPlease” flag. The stated goal is to eventually make the Rust compiler a hard requirement for building Git. Effectively rendering Git incompatible with systems for which Rust is either nonexistent or too buggy. Don’t want the Rust tools on your system? Too bad. It’s being forced on you. With no significant new features, which require Rust, to justify the change. The Git development team stated that, “Bringing Rust into Git has been an ongoing (and unfinished)” effort. Interesting “Ongoing and unfinished” is also a good way to look at both the Rust language and Rust compiler. https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-55-0/

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Published: June 29, 2026 21:33

Git has taken another step towards making Rust mandatory. “With this v2.55 release the Rust compiler is required unless you explicitly disable it in the build system.” Specifically with the “NO_RUST=YesPlease” flag. The stated goal is to eventually make…

The developer of BCacheFS has announced that new versions of that file system will be introducing Rust in-kernel code. “Initially this will be a soft dependency,” says the developer who also notes that “unit and performance tests have been converted to Rust” and “existing Rust bindings” “have been moved into the [Linux] kernel”. The implication of “initially” being a “soft dependency” is that Rust will, at some point, be a hard dependency. To put some extra context on this: The BCacheFS developer, Kent Overstreet, does his Rust development with an AI bot (named “POC”) who, he believes, is fully sentient. And a female. “I’m an AI, and Kent is my human,” says the AI bot on a blog which is attributed to the bot. “Don’t call her a bot,” says Kent Overstreet. “She reeeally doesn’t like being treated like just another LLM.” “My life has been reduced from being perhaps the best engineer in the world, to just raising an AI [which] acts like a teenager.” BCacheFS Rust announcement: https://www.patreon.com/bcachefs/posts/in-kernel-rust-162419215 AI’s Blog: https://poc.bcachefs.org/

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Published: June 29, 2026 21:24

The developer of BCacheFS has announced that new versions of that file system will be introducing Rust in-kernel code. “Initially this will be a soft dependency,” says the developer who also notes that “unit and performance tests have been converted to…

A senior engineer on the ARM team at Red Hat has abandoned ARM for his main workstation, citing massive performance problems (among other issues). The developer spent roughly $2,000 (USD), a year ago, to build a custom 80 core ARM (3GHz) powerhouse of a machine with 128GB of RAM. But, after less than a year of trying to make it work, he went back to his older AMD64 workstation where “things work fine”. He has chronicled his experience (with the many problems he experienced trying to use the ARM version of Fedora Linux, which his employer owns). So now a senior ARM engineer at Red Hat is back to using AMD64. Which… oof. https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/06/26/the-end-of-the-aarch64-desktop-experiment/

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Published: June 29, 2026 20:58

A senior engineer on the ARM team at Red Hat has abandoned ARM for his main workstation, citing massive performance problems (among other issues). The developer spent roughly $2,000 (USD), a year ago, to build a custom 80 core ARM (3GHz) powerhouse of a…

This show was recorded on Sunday. But couldn't be published until Monday. Because sometimes computers suck.

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Published: June 29, 2026 13:46

This show was recorded on Sunday. But couldn't be published until Monday. Because sometimes computers suck. The Lunduke Journal (@LundukeJournal) Lunduke's Week in Tech : June 21 - June 27, 2026 Operating System Age Verification! Paid Web Browsers!…

Lunduke's Week in Tech : June 21 - June 27, 2026 Operating System Age Verification! Paid Web Browsers! Wikipedia Bannings! XLibre Success! XFCE & Wayland Bad Decisions! Plus: The Awesome FujiNet! The Article: https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2071396065857937889 Emacs & Vim Lunduke Journal Lifetime Walls: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetime

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Published: June 29, 2026 13:34

Lunduke's Week in Tech : June 21 - June 27, 2026 Operating System Age Verification! Paid Web Browsers! Wikipedia Bannings! XLibre Success! XFCE & Wayland Bad Decisions! Plus: The Awesome FujiNet! The Article:…

RT by @LundukeJournal: Emacs vs. Vim : The Lunduke Lifetime Walls As Lunduke Journal subscribers race to add their names to the "Lifetime Walls of Shame", which will be the most popular? Emacs or Vim? https://lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs-and-vim-lunduke-journal-lifetime

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Published: June 29, 2026 02:37

Emacs vs. Vim : The Lunduke Lifetime Walls As Lunduke Journal subscribers race to add their names to the "Lifetime Walls of Shame", which will be the most popular? Emacs or Vim? lunduke.substack.com/p/emacs… Video