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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense” (arstechnica.com)

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Linux people doing Linux things, it seems.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why isn't a Rust kernel being developed in parallel ?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it is. RedoxOS is just that. But it's not Linux and that means a lot of things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe this is the fork in the road for something new. These circumstances were kind of how GNU/Linux was born, after all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Rust for Linux used to be developed in parallel to the mainline Linux before Linus Torvalds merged support in the main tree.