Comment on Maestro, a Linux compatible kernel written in Rust.

just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• VicentAdultman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He answers that in the project page. Just because there are kernels available, he can’t build his own and learn about kernel and computers in general (the answer for your question)

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• Limitless_screaming@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  written in Rust.

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And …why?

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    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Contributing to Linux can be extremely daunting. Refactoring can be as well. Rust makes both of those a LOT easier. If a project is written in Rust instead of C there will be many more potential contributors and flexibility.

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      • Adanisi@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And Rust has a restrictive trademark policy which could theoretically cause problems.

        Just, why, Mozilla?

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