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The core developer of one of the most critical components of Bazzite has been banned for secret "Code of Conduct violations" following a mob campaign accusing him of "transphobic slurs". More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

Xorg, which has a stated goal of killing itself, plans to re-base on 2 year old code in order to avoid code from XLibre developer. Plus: Moving from "Master" to "Main" branch naming. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

The GNOME Foundation's war on X11 continues, with the Alpha release of GNOME 50. Announced by the same GNOME contributor who defaced XLibre project pages (calling them "Nazis"). $89 Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions all January: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/89-lifetime-lunduke-journal-subscriptions-c1b More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

The German Sovereign Tech Agency paid half a million dollars to create "Rust libraries and tools" for Arch package management. One question: WHY?! More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

Big Tech paying for stories. Bribes and payola. Wining and dining. The result is buried stories and fake, biased coverage. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

A Microsoft rep made the statement, saying the company would use Al to hit a target of "1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code". Then quickly went into damage control. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

In the Linux Foundation's 2025 annual report, AI is mentioned 150 times. Linux is only mentioned 40 times. Also: Linux Foundation boasts about scholarships to Trans & DEI orgs. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

HyFetch, a Rust re-write of the discontinued NeoFetch, asks users to choose their flag (Trans, GenderFluid, FemBoy, etc.) at first launch. Becomes defacto on several Linux distros. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

Followers of the Church of Rust check almost every possible box in the "Is This a Cult" list: Discouraged dissent, unethical behavior, delusions, self-sacrifice, information control, & more. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/

Bazaar, a new Linux App store for GNOME includes the ability to apply LGBT themes. And ONLY LGBT themes. Plus... you can't get rid of them. More from The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.com/