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
    11·
    17 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.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
    4·
    17 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
      2·
      17 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.

  • Axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    18 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.

    • Matty_r@programming.dev
      1·
      17 days ago

      Yea, they’d been making huge progress. Doubtful it’ll continue, certainly not at the same pace if it does.

  • krolden@lemmy.ml
    21·
    17 days ago

    I left this post intentionally vague and scary so everyone speculates on why

  • Clocks [They/Them]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    17 days ago

    I find comments questioning Lina to be incredibly sus in origin and intention.

    I hope Lina & Cyan are safe.

  • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    17 days ago

    I wasn’t sure if Hector was gonna quit vtubing too after the Rust thing. Kind of a delayed response as his alter ego but it makes sense.

  • wax@feddit.nu
    0·
    17 days ago

    Is this related to the kernel/rust drama, or the political situation in the US. Sure, the drama could have been handled better by the maintainers, but would that make Asahi lina feel unsafe?

    I guess all sort of neckbeards are feeling empowered to spew hatred on the internet right now.