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[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

What's going on over there?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/ashai_linux_head_quits/

https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/

I just wanna run fedora on an M4 already

Edit: I hope she feels safe and is able to put whatever it was behind her. She's a brilliant engineer.

https://asahilinux.org/2022/12/gpu-drivers-now-in-asahi-linux/

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

It takes a special type of person to be a Foss developer. There isn't a lot of pay and unfortunately a lot of people seem to feel entitled to your work. It's a hard thing to manage. I know the head of the project left because of that feeling. Not sure what this new departure is about exactly. Though it could be related to him just as much as anything else.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Hell is other people especially in FOSS.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

From the article ...

Asahi Lina posted to Bluesky today:

"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."

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yikes. Corrected headline.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Never thought coding drivers would be hazardous to your life.

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[–] Vopyr@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Damn, GPU drivers is terrifying force of nature.