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You may have heard reports that Linux marketshare doubled last month.

That's likely not true.

Not only that... Linux marketshare is down significantly over the last few years.

Full report:
lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-08-b

Today in Computer History - May 6, 1949:

The EDSAC ran its first program.

Cool things about the EDSAC:
- 1st computer to have sub-routines.
- 1st computer (possibly) with a video game.
- Ran at 650 instructions per second.

lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-06/

This Day in Computer History - May 4, 2000:

ILOVEYOU worm infects 10+ Million PCs.

Fun Fact: The ILOVEYOU worm did Billions of dollars in damages... and was written because a college student in the Philippines didn't want to pay for Dial-up Internet.

lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-04/

Happy 42nd birthday to... Spam!

On this day, in 1978, the very first spam e-mail was sent.

- The email was all in caps (seriously).

- It was sent to all ARPANET users on the West Coast.

- It was promoting a computer.

You can read the full email here:

lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-03/

Happy 37th birthday to the Microsoft Mouse!

And to one of the most widely used pieces of software in history: Notepad!

They were both announced on May 2 of 1983.

lunduke.com/posts/2020-05-02-b

Lunduke and Friends - April 25, 2020

The Nerds: Chris Titus, Gardiner Bryant, Matt Hartley, & Lunduke.

The Topics: Linux Packaging and Audio, Microsoft buying Linux Co's, & more.

YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=jllJN9kj5a

LBRY: open.lbry.com/@Lunduke:e/20200

Podcast: lunduke.com/posts/2020-04-29/

Lunduke and Friends - April 18th, 2020

Chris Titus, Matt Hartley, & Lunduke talk about nerdy stuff.

- Lunduke and his Toshiba Libretto DOS laptop.
- Hartley and his TI-99 joystick.
- Titus and his really weird Final Fantasy MMO clock.
- And lots of Linux-y questions.

Watch or Listen here:
lunduke.com/posts/2020-04-19-a

Mark Shuttleworth in 2016: 'Ubuntu keeps GNU/Linux relevant'

This is a short interview with Mark Shuttleworth (CEO of Canonical, makers of Ubuntu) that I did back in 2016.

His answers were fascinating.

lunduke.com/posts/2020-04-21/

‪2020 New Year's Resolution:‬

‪No Social Media‬

‪No Cellular Data‬

‪Watch, Listen, & Read here:‬
‪https://www.patreon.com/posts/32532922‬

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