Asahi Lina (朝日リナ) // nullptr::live (@lina.yt)
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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.
  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Hector and others were really bad losses for the Rust kernel devs but Lina? That’s catastrophic. She was a figurehead in getting apple silicon working so well on Linux that even Linus moved his development machine to an M1 Macbook.

    Linus has royally fucked it with how long he sat on the side of this. Im so sorry to Lina and others who have been burned by this community.

  • Axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    I imagine Ted T’so and dis stupid ‘thin blue line’ comment as well as him yelling at previous rust devs during in person meet ups was not happening in a vacuum.

    Linus has really failed at punishing these characters before toxcitiy killed any rust momentum at all.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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    4 days ago

    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.

    If you think you know what happened or the context, you probably don’t. Please don’t make assumptions. Thank you.

    I’m safe physically, but I’ll be taking some time off in general to focus on my health.

    Also potentially relevant: https://bsky.app/profile/lina.yt/post/3lkjo6jomok2v (scroll up)

    • vfreire85@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      i know it’s wrong to make assumptions, but it seems that, on top of all that rust/c war, her partner was undergoing some serious problems. it seems that she chose to prioritize her personal life and assessed that developing those drivers wasn’t worth all the harassment in this situation.