bryan Lunduke w/ radicalbreeze.com && theLAS going open-source...

Bryan's self-portrait.

Bryan Lunduke w/ radicalbreeze.com && theLAS going open-source...

Let me first say that I have been a Huge fan of the Linux action sow since Ubuntu 10.10...;D I appreciate most every week Bryan's intelligence, common sense, and zany style when it comes to his passion for Linux, gaming, comic books, goats, and the freedom dimension.

Bryan is a Hard working is using his computer skills to support his wife and daughter. He also hosts for free the House of LundukeBBS telnet server, for nostalgic geeks who remember the Internet before interactive pictures, audio/txt/video of the web.

I would also add that Bryan's BBS is  running the server(netbook) that runs on his desk out of his own nostalgic goodness(out of his own pocket).

2299:The game Official trailer.

Last Monday(when I should have been writing this Blog post)Bryan made a pitch 2 get two thousand people to do recurring 2 dollar support monthly contributions. That would equal out 2 $4k/mo &  $48K/yr.; not including donations and regular sales.That would mean a slight pay-cut, but possibly more reliability in the long run. We were half way On Saturday.



I just got done watching the "Linux Acton Show" where Bryan spoke of Open-sourcing every piece of software/game under the GPL(GNU{GNU is not Unix} Public License). He also spoke of releasing the statistics win or fail. That excites me to see new Free Software(RMS approved...;D)open-source software, and games.

I was probably the last guy to buy the the "help a guy out" sale after Bryan was getting jerker around by a famous fruit company. So I got the first two issues Bryan's comic book "Rod sign hank" I am hoping if he goes GPL, he will be able to crowd-source some help to his projects; and have more time to work on "road-sign hank". Although Bryan also puts out a daily web comic for free. The software he uses that he wrote himself, is still only 5$(although I suspect not much Longer). If you like the comic book the game is only 5 dollars, much like Linux tycoon, or 2299 the game.

I wish I could give even 2 dollars a month, but unfortunately after this month, I am job searching again. I have been gathering signatures for future legislation in MA, but there is not much time left of that.  I heartily promote free/low cost entertainment/software/gaming. I am going to buy the humble indie bundle today, along with Linux tycoon, and the comic creator. I also remember back to just one year ago when Bryan's Illumination was one of the first 6 apps available to pay for from the Ubuntu S0oftware center, along with Fluendo codec/DVD players and Vendetta.

BLABA:video game creator

Radical Comic Designer

 

 Click here 4 the already open-source:LundukeSDK wiki

Click here 4 the Lunduke.com forums:http://lunduke.com/forum/

Here is the Blog post announcing the drive to GPL Brian's software:Please Donate!

 

All of these images have been linked in from Lunduke.com.

Thank you Bryan Lunduke from Radialbreeze

First I want to thank Bryan Lunduke independent software/comic-book creator and co-host of the Linux Action show.

He has been getting jerked around by the world's largest fruit co.

Don't believe me go check it out for yourself...
savemyhousefromapple.com/

Although some accuse him of "being negative in the freedom dimension", he open-sourced his Lunduke_SDKsoftware development kit, Lunduke_compiler, Lunduke_forums,  Lunduke_Language; which form the basis for an application building software called the "illumination software creator". Which is basically software that writes for software. It is an easy way to turn a diagram of what you want your software to do, into an actual app that will work on almost any platform available. Also you can run the program from Linux, as source, Ubuntu-Linux, RPM redhat/fedora/SUSE, windows, and even osx. Even though they are determined not to pay him for his time. I finally got a copy for myself. My roommate has it on her computer, when a name your own price sale was going; so I have already looked at some of the tutorials. Also illumination is now, and possibly forever on a "pay what you feel it is worth($5-100) sale."

Bryan also writes a really neat web-comic called 2299 8-bit comic strip where all of the characters are space-ships. follow him at twitter to keep up w/ the daily web-comics. I was able to get a copy of the game based upon this web-comic: 2299:The Game.

Although I am genuinely more satisfied to Bryan's comic "road-sign Hank & the alien".
 I have been hearing about it for many moon's now on LAS, but waiting to have even a few extra dollars. I am even more hoping for more renditions of Road-sign hank, and the Aliens~! I almost forgot to mention that Bryan's software was/is/always will be drm free. Bryan respects the user's right to help spread the word of his comic

The only thing I did not get in the Save_his_house_from_Apple sale, was bryan's beta app. the Linux Tycoon: Linux builder Game...it's like I said in beta so it's only four mere dollars, and it might go up to five one it's out of beta testing.


Bryan is a goat-hearder, nerd, and comic creator. Bryan is so old-school he runs a forum, and a BBS...
I follow him on
Twitter/identi.a
RSS feeds
facebook/G+: Bryan Lunduke
 radialbreeze
Lunduke.com
jupiterbroadcasting

Windows Monday: Wine vs. Windows

Many people out there might not have heard of the wine software project before now.

So let's start with what wine actually stands for:

W~wine
I~is
N~not
an
E~emulator

Wine is free software that allows you to run Windows software on a Linux Operating system.
Wine is free software in every sense of the word.  The Wine project wrote it's code from the ground up. And that means that Microsoft has no claims to the code. Which  also means that it is perfectly legal to run your windows software on a Linux Operating system. Provided you will still need a valid license if you want to run something like Photoshop or MS  Office.

Wine is not technically an emulator for the windows operating system, but it is a series of API (application programming interface) calls so that wine can access your base hardware in the same way that windows does. There is no CPU emulation with Wine, like traditional emulators.

Wine myths:

1~wine is slow, because it is an emulator.
2~Wine is bad for Linux
3~You need windows anyways.
4~Wine won't work with my game/software because of copy protection.
5~Wine hurts native Linux apps.

* for the complete list of debunked Wine myths please check out: Debunking Wine Myths from the official Wine web-site.

There is a big stigma surrounding Linux, that Linux is not a good platform for PC gaming. I pose the opposite stance. That if you are not installing Linux on your machine, first of all you are missing out on a ton of really great Free/Independent games. But the chances of your Windows game working on Wine is very probable. Also popular closed source software like adobe or Microsoft software usually run very well on wine.

Here is a list of compatible Wine software:

Wine application dataBase growing every day.

I want to make sure and mention that Wine funds it's development mainly through community donation, and the code-weavers project.

Donate financially to the Wine software project. 

code weavers When you purchase code-weavers What you are purchasing is support for Wine, from the developers of Wine. Available for Linux/Mac. Proceeds directly affecting Wine Dev.

If you are a programmer  who believes in open-software, and would like to get involved please visit:

WineHQ development FAQ

I hope that I have  made you want to take wine for a spin. If you are running Linux I would suggest to install Linux from your distro's repositories && software manager. Although that method makes it very easy, it is usually slightly behind the curve. Mainly because distro's test their software for bugs before letting people download/install it. You could download it directly from WineHQ. Athough that install is slightly more difficult.

OSC: social humb day post update.

My Hump day...

I wanted to talk today about my social routine on-line, since I started my Blog.

I have also been spending 3-4 hours of my day doing research in articles I come across. I have chosen the social networks that I am keeping up with.

• reddit> 0sconstruction
• digg> Open-source construction
• twitter> osConstruction
• facebook(fan/personal pg.) > Kevin J Lausen / o.s.construction
• Google+(personal/fan pg.) > Kevin Lausen / open source construction
• stumbleUpon > Gazzo0
• Delicious > > osConstruction

I am also looking into several distro's for review right now...

• Linux Mint 12 
• Linux mint 12
• Pinguy Linux 11.10 final   
• pinguy's page on distrowatch
• Quimo  Linux educational distro  
• Qimo educational distro 4 kids.

 I have also been hooked on a lot of pod-casts right now:

• shows:
• 
  
• revision3 NT
• hak5 trust your techno lust & hak responsibly. 
• http://hak5.org/
• tekZilla 4 all things technology 
• http://revision3.com/tekzilla
  
• scam school 
• http://revision3.com/scamschool
  
•  TWIT NT twit.TV podcasts you love, from people you trust.
• this week in computer hardware TWITCH
• http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-computer-hardware/ Dr. kiki's science hour
• Dr. kiki's science hour
• http://twit.tv/show/dr-kikis-science-hour/
• This week in FLOSS
• http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly/
• Jupiter broadcasting.com Independant entertainment, on demand
• The Linux action show
• http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linuxactionshow/
• tech snap nt && Sys. admin. podcast.
• http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/
• sci-byte weekly science audio podcast.
• http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/scibyte/
• mintCast weekly audio podcast about Linux mint & Linux in general. 
• www.mintcast.org 

There are many other great shows on all of these Networks. It's just that these are my favorites, and because I only have so much time in one day, I have to focus on the one's I really like. While still keeping current on my social networks, and posting Blog's.

I am probably not going to post again until Monday, when I will probably post the review for Qimo. A Linux/Ubuntu based Childrens Learning envirenment. Check it out in the links above.