• snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Shoutout to the developers who work on making Linux safer. Adding memory-safe languages to Linux seems like an uphill battle.

    It’s such an uphill battle that some people have altogether stopped contributing to Linux. An example is the former Asahi Linux lead developer.

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    3 months ago

    For non technical readers :
    the programming language “Rust” is being used more to make new Linux kernels. Traditionally, the main language for that use was the one by the name “c”.

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        3 months ago

        They’re talking to me. I use Mint. I’ve never opened the terminal. Just because some of us aren’t savvy doesn’t mean we aren’t at least casually interested. You could totally be joking too, I guess.

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          2 months ago

          It’s a joke, yeah. Well, or rather a meme. This was a real advertisement, before it got memed on pretty hard:

          "Pornography? On my computer?" It's more likely than you think. Free PC Check!