To be fair, CE was crap.To be fair, I think Linux Sys V APIs are still rather wonky, as they've focused more on the newer POSIX pieces. But it certainly got some momentum behind it over the years and I'd say it's evolved noticeably since the late 90s and early 2000s when I was running Yellow Dog on an 8600. .
Oh hey. Something I actually worked on.
Hector Martin resigns from Asahi Linux
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Don't really disagree. My response was more of "oh hey, someone actually used the damn thing."
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I guess another factor in the equation is how old the company is. I'd assume that these fiefdoms don't get created overnight. Though, sadly, I have realized that a company doesn't need to be that large for people to stop caring about breaking other team's features (or the general UX of the product). It's quite hard to tackle any issue that requires all developers to have a different mindset when approaching a specific problem, even beyond 20-30 people.
Yeah, I'm not even against taking such a stance at first, I understand why they did it. But it's been a few years now, it's a bit frustrating that the stance hasn't changed (for people trying to push Rust for Linux, it's obviously more than a bit frustrating).
Although, to be honest, I thought the issue in the video had happened at least a couple years ago. I'm quite surprised to see that the video is just 7 months old. I guess my perception of time is a bit broken with so many things happening in the world
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Agreed.
Although, to be honest, I thought the issue in the video had happened at least a couple years ago. I'm quite surprised to see that the video is just 7 months old. I guess my perception of time is a bit broken with so many things happening in the world
I feel this.
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Asahi Lina also just quit. Even though I doubt I’d use it personally, it sucks for the project and those who were interested in it. The Linux kernel dev world seems like an incredibly toxic place, assuming this is to do with that.
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For personal reasons, I no longer feel safe working on Linux GPU drivers or the Linux graphics ecosystem. I've paused work on Apple GPU drivers indefinitely. I can't share any more information at this time, so please don't ask for more details. Thank you.
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Wait. I’m hearing Hector and Lina are the same person? Was I the only one who didn’t know this? What is going on?
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I’ve heard he’s denied it. I’ve never seen clear proof one way or the other.
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I had never even heard it. I must be out of the loop!
Saw someone posted some circumstantial screenshots. I don’t care either way but it makes their contributions even more impressive.
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I’m aware of a screenshot that shows both of their home directories, but that doesn’t mean much of anything.
Didn’t they both do dev streams? I don’t know that they ever did one at the same time but even so. I’ve heard both voices. I suppose he could be using a voice modifier. Also their posting styles and content are very different. Also people who work with both treat them as different - like saying Hector and Lina. I’m not saying impossible based on my limited information but it seems unlikely.
Also when Hector resigned, Lina was one of the ones stayed (until now). So the only thing that links them is being in Japan working on the same project?
Finally, never mind doing both sets of jobs simultaneously, maintaining two separate posting identities with two different personalities while working in the same project and everyone on the team also not screwing up … over years? That would be impressive all by itself.
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How sad. All the incredibly skilled people seem to jump shipAsahi Lina also just quit. Even though I doubt I’d use it personally, it sucks for the project and those who were interested in it. The Linux kernel dev world seems like an incredibly toxic place, assuming this is to do with that.
View attachment 34230Asahi Lina (朝日リナ) // nullptr::live (@lina@vt.social)
For personal reasons, I no longer feel safe working on Linux GPU drivers or the Linux graphics ecosystem. I've paused work on Apple GPU drivers indefinitely. I can't share any more information at this time, so please don't ask for more details. Thank you.
