Passing the torch on Asahi Linux - Asahi Linux

his perspective of the user base is also oddly skewed. He was surprised users wanted better battery life? ... Surprised users wanted external display support?

I think this misconstrues his point: he was talking about a subset of users ("entitled users"), not calling all the users entitled.

To me, it seemed less that he was surprised users wanted certain features, more that he was burned out by the feature requests that spent time expressing personal grievances, making demands, or getting mad about the project's pace. I understand that might come off as him being overly-sensitive, but I absolutely see why a constant cascade of FRs written like demands instead of no-BS questions would wear down on someone, especially while they're simultaneously trying to deal with upstreaming.

he needs a long break away from something that's become both too personal and toxic

I totally agree here though, I just hope that this whole fiasco isn't written off as the result of some vague burn-out. There really does need to be some change in kernel maintainer authority structure and the culture. That can only really happen if someone respected (e.g. Linus) makes some moves to encourage more cooperation/openness from certain C maintainers, and helps put in place better guidelines for how Rust contributions should be handled. It's simply too disorganized right now, and that makes it too easy for individuals with power to let their egos get in the way of good progress.

... Asahi will hopefully still be there and ready to keep the hardware going. I figure I probably have about 6 years of Apple support ...

i used to use & contribute to linux/foss projects for ppc architectured macs and it took years for them to be fully supported at the same level that intel architectured users enjoyed; chipping in now is the only way that something like asahi is ready to take over once apple inevitably leaves you out in the cold like it did its ppc (and soon intel) users.

they have excellent hardware and it would be a shame to throw it away or allow it to collect dust when you can't get 100% utility out of it simply because your options aren't developed enough at the time you need them.

Linux is what keeps my Macs alive 🤭

But this is good thinking

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As a solid outsider, this whole Rust thing seems like it keeps simmering under the surface in a way that could one day boil over and seriously damage the entire Linux project.

I feel like it might cause a hard fork

I agree. For everyone’s sake they should rip Rust out and put all that effort into RedoxOS. There is way too much misalignment for this to be constructive.