Lunduke's Week in Tech - Aug 15, 2026

Date:
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:10:02 GMT

Description:
Linux Kernel Chaos & The Non-Woke Software List

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Its been another wild week in the world of computing and, of course, a
number of news stories got ignored (almost completely) by those Brand X Tech Journalists.

Never fear. Lundukes got you covered. Below are the top stories which the other Tech News outlets are trying to ignore impacting Open Source and Tech in general for last week.

Note : All articles and podcasts are free for all (subscribers and non-subscribers alike).

Note 2 : Links to the stories below are all to Substack. You can also find links to all other platforms, which The Lunduke Journal publishes to, at Lunduke.com .

Note 3 : Most videos are subscriber exclusives. Subscribers on Locals , Substack , X , YouTube , or Patreon can watch all of the videos. Ad free.
If you dont have a subscription yet, you can snag one for 50% off through the end of August . Linux Kernel Chaos

The world of Linux Kernel development had a crazy week.

No. The word crazy doesnt quite do justice to the absolute chaos and
insanity taking place around the Kernel.

We kicked off the week by learning that layoffs from Intel had caused a
number of significant Linux Kernel Modules to become orphans (meaning, nobody was left to maintain them) only to realize that the number of such orphan Kernel Modules has actually doubled in the last two years ( article , podcast & video ) . Doubled!

Then, Linus Torvalds laid into a Google engineer for writing garbage code
that makes the world actively a worse place to live ( podcast & video ) . Which was just entertaining.

And then, we learned that the BcacheFS file system might be removed from the Linux Kernel entirely . Why? Because Linus Torvalds doesnt like the developer ( podcast & video ) . Apparently the developer is too blunt and rude. For Linus Torvalds. Seriously.

But, never fear! The Linux Foundation is swooping in to fix everything! By banning the word hung ( article , podcast & video ) . Thats a real thing. Its so utterly stupid you just have to laugh.

Thats all just this week.

Absolute insanity. Non-Woke Software List

The quantity (and quality) of Non-Woke software continues to grow The August edition of Lundukes Non-Woke Software List ( article , podcast , and video
) saw a few noteworthy additions.

One big takeaway (at least for me) is that we now have multiple Operating System options accompanied by display servers, desktop environments, development tools, and web browsers. All decidedly Non-Woke.

In other words: It is now possible to piece together the majority of a computing environment in a way that is both Open Source and Non-Woke. And, importantly, of an exceptionally high quality. Other Stories This Week

Heres some other stories worth diving into. Some are pretty doggone wild.

Podcast & Video: Android 16 Gets GPU Accelerated Linux Software

Article: Tea App Clone Exposes Drivers Licenses

Article: NixOS Now Celebrates Pride Month Year Round

Podcast & Video: NixOS Now Celebrates Pride Month Year Round

Article: Funny Programming Pictures Part LXVIII

As always, thank you to all of the subscribers to The Lunduke Journal .
Thank to you, we can remain 100% ad-free and Big Tech free. Couldnt do it without you.

-Lunduke



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