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Asahi Lina: 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. (mastodon.gamedev.place)

submitted 1 day ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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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.

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.

Well that's sudden.

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[–] popcar2@programming.dev 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The project is for making unofficial drivers for Apple's chips, which very few people are trying to do. Without Asahi, you can't run Linux on Macbooks.

[–] Kuranashi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah thanks for the summary.

Still, very odd to buy expensive hardware that is required for running macOS due to their use license just to run Linux on it. Maybe if you bought it first and then wanted to move away from it, but that seems like a big headache.

Another reason to be wary of Apple then.

[+] badmin@lemm.ee -7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Without Asahi, you can’t run Linux on Macbooks.

good.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hey there, Mr. Obvious but you really shouldn't run around here bragging to be a parasite.

[–] badmin@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Couldn't decipher what you wrote there. Maybe it's a result of the same cognitive dissonance that would push someone to deliberately support and buy vendor-locked Linux-unfriendly hardware, then want to run Linux on it.

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You're just candidly lack any self awareness or you're a vampire acting in total deniability while you smell for blood.

Seriously, asshole, stop insulting people who do shit they just like doing. Just because you don't get it doesn't warrant any corrossive purposeless insults being validated as any kind of quality character.