The maker of the provocative "Linux sucks" series is a bit of a troll.
He's made videos on technical projects he doesn't understand (or care about) and just mocks them if they don't gel with him.
As far as I can tell he doesn't really care, or if he thinks he does - his actions aren't translating well.
How do I know? As a FOSS developer myself with a decade plus public history I also happen to know a few people running prominent FOSS projects.
He's burned bridges for no good reason. He doesn't care.
I have no idea who he is, never heard of him. You shall not judge a book by its cover but .. he is making it hard. His video titles are:
* Devuan: The Non-Woke Debian Linux Fork (Without Systemd)
* NeoFetch But in Rust and More Gay
* Chimera Linux is "Here to Further Woke Agenda by Turning Free Software Gay"
* Are Jews the Cause of DEI in Big Tech?
Yeah .. I did not watch a single video of his. But just from a short few seconds It's not anything I want to invest time in to see if he has a point or not. Life is too short.
Whatever I might agree or disagree with, this is annoying to look at, but his stuff keeps coming up in my YouTube feed. Even it looks slightly interesting, I know it will be some rant involved about a thing not related to technology, but some developer's personal opinions on non-tech ideas. I get it - people are horrible! Sheesh!
FWIW, probably not much, he said he had a Jewish background ... in, like, the one video I watched and eventually gave up on.
what's especially strange to me is that in the more distant past, he was a pretty normal guy - at least as normal as any other linux user. Heck, he had a super great podcast (Linux Action Show).
Something changed in the 2014ish time-frame when it got more and more politically extreme.
It won't do anything of the sort. It will allow him to make 200 videos complaining about it, get a load of ad-revenue and sell subscribestar memberships.
The best thing to do with people like Lunduke is ignore them.
While I believe Lunduke is a dishonest actor, he is tapping into something.
There are many people in and around tech that disagree with the direction. They want to pushing back against mega corporations, government surveillance etc. They see CoC, Woke as part of that corporate/government apparatus.
You can watch someone like Sam Bent's or Mental Outlaws YouTube channel and you will start to understand that attitude.
> It's always horrible when your niche get poisoned by this rhetoric.
Tech like a lot of areas of life has been hyper politicised. The best thing you can do is not to play the game at all.
Lunduke is a grifter and just generally a bit of an idiot.
e.g. I remember he once claimed Google was censoring him when he was de-listed from search, this was way back in 2009. His site had a malicious iframe because the PHP CMS he was using had been compromised.
His politics are kinda irrelevant to me. There are people who are Agorist/Libertarian/Conservative tech influencers online that do decent and informative content e.g. Sam Bent.
Yes. I created the account because someone asked what the problem was with Lunduke and I had something to say. I've been aware of Lunduke for quite a while and he has always come off a clown.
The fact is that hasn't actually given much to the community and has been a drama, pretty much since his appearance in Linux land. People used to dislike him then and wanted him gone and this was well before the current culture war nonsense that is often seen on YouTube, Twitter and backwaters like Rumble.
> I'd suggest going out for a walk.
I go out for an hour walk in the countryside every lunch time. I am not sure what my exercise routine has got to do with criticising a long time troll and grifter.
How do I know? As a FOSS developer myself with a decade plus public history I also happen to know a few people running prominent FOSS projects.
He's burned bridges for no good reason. He doesn't care.