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Daily Linux & Open Source News - S01E166 - Rust in Linux drama pushes maintainer out
🕑 Added 2024-08-29 08:20:37 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
In this one, we have:
00:05 KDE gets a "asking for donations" notification
https://pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-in-plasma/
04:54 Rust+Linux drama makes maintainer leave
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-Maintainer-Step-Down
07:30 Steam Deck now has 16 000 games
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/steam-deck-reaches-over-16000-playable-and-verified-games/
Have a great day!
Comments
The Linux Experiment
Totally, it's a great device, and Valve should definitely expand the line to a home console as well, I think
The Linux Experiment
I'll admit I don't know enough about each language to have an informed opinion! From what I'm seeing, Rust seems to allow writing stuff a bit faster than C, like Exchange support for Thunderbird, or some of the recent open source nvidia drivers, but that's about all I know!
NotMyName
At the risk of dipping into more language fashion, I wonder if Zig would be a better candidate for kernel integration because of its C interop? I can understand resistance to Rust, it's a big architecture commitment, only has one compiler, and even with internal memory safety, I'm sure its complexity means it has frayed edges.
Clint Eschberger
I have no issue with the notification. I like donating to projects I use and just upped my donation to KDE. Agree a static donation in settings or something.
UsernamesAreHard
The steamdeck was a genius move by Valve and it shows through their sales.
