A popular YouTuber named Theo Browne offered $20k to the Open Source FFmpeg team if they remove their social media person, who Theo calls a “motherf***er”.

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Ubuntu 25.10 dropped the battle tested GNU Core Utils, in favor of the untested, incomplete “uutils”. Why? Because they were programmed in Rust. And, as expected, things are breaking.

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What does an Al developed Linux Distribution look like? We’ll soon find out, as Fedora (owned by Red Hat) now has a policy specifically allowing Al contributions.

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OSU’s Computer Science program — which had a $1 Million Dollar grant for “Gender-Inclusive Open Source” — teaches about “White Supremacy” and “Reparations” instead of programming.

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The story of the F-Droid Android App Store listing The Bible as NSFW (”Promotes Pornography”) continues as developers de-list their Apps from F-Droid & Code of Conduct shenanigans.

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“Nazi! Fascist! Hitler Particles!” The Leftist Extremists of Open Source have been attacking DHH’s Omarchy Linux non-stop. The result? Massive adoption from normal people.

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The Open Source Android App Store warns users that Bible Apps have, “features you may not like. This app contains content that should not be publicized or visible everywhere.”

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A Tech Journalist interviewed me for a hit-piece article. But the questions made them look bad, and they shelved the story. So I’m publishing their hit piece for them.

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Two weeks ago, The Lunduke Journal pointed out how many Leftist Open Source organizations (Rust, NixOS, Linux Kernel, etc.) still used the “Master” branch naming (against their “inclusive naming” rules). Yesterday, Rust changed to “Main”.

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Framework Computer is offering monthly financial support to the GNOME Foundation. Framework also supports Omarchy Linux & Hyprland, which GNOME activists call “Fascist”, so GNOME may refuse those funds.

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