Posts by MattPDev 16 publicly visible posts • joined 20 May 2022
Genuine question. What stops a compatible Linux that is written in Rust (as far as possible)?
Is there a Copyright issue, taking the whole design work and replicating it in another language?
If not copyright (legal), is it ethically poor even if you credit the Linux c source in your Rust variant?
Just a skill issue?
Redox seem to have taken a slightly different approach but I think they risk having the problems that BSDs have without the established benefits of BSD.
I do like Rust but as someone who writes safety critical code for a living I struggle with the whole crates.io ecosystem.
I started to dabble with something this week, a basic web service using one crate (Rocket). It then downloaded another 112 crates during first compilation. Suddenly I have absolutely no idea what code is in my application.
Maybe I should start playing with limited/crateless Rust as I do think it has enough traction now to be worth some investment to learn.
I work for large multinational defence company. Our open source usage is restricted without a very good explanation (corporate said no is all you get).
I asked for Vim, denied as Notepad++ and VS Code are apparently the same. So I downloaded the Vim plugin for VS Code.
I do get it to the point that open source needs to be managed. As someone else mentioned though, we are all Windows and Office everywhere. Frustrating!
Every time I see a Reg article on OSes it makes me smile knowing the comments will provide a good source of entertainment. It makes paying Microsoft feel less ugly. Imagine how boring the computing world would be without MS to pick on.
I use Windows because I want the OS to be as transparent as possible between the hardware I want and the software I want. Linux has never done that for me.
I don't really understand the obsession with Desktop customisation, I don't see it as an application I regularly used.
I also have no idea why I keep reading about ads in Windows 11. I had a good look around and couldn't find anything close. The new task bar is much better than the Win 10 panels trying to preempt what I want to do.
I find the Windows key and 3 letters pretty much finds any application or setting I need, I don't even look at the UI.
I've tried Linux options so many times over the years but without really any thought as to why. I'm a softie, I like the concept of FOSS, but it always finds a way to not be able to do something. I also don't want a lesser but free spin off of an application (that are also available on Windows).
I built a new PC end of last year after a few years on a laptop. Once again I was adamant I would avoid MS, get setup on Linux for everything I need. Unfortunately I need a piece of software that is only available on Windows. I tried Wine and and Windows VM but neither were satisfactory.
I settled on Windows 10/11. It works. It's never crashed. I then bought MS Office with OneDrive, the whole thing works!
I may run Linux in a VM, but why?
I really wanted to use FreeBSD as my regual OS and still hope to get involved in some way. Unfortunately my new-build PC was too modern and drivers didn't exist in 13.0 for 11th Gen Intel Graphics. I tried Manjaro for a couple of weeks but inevitably ended up back on Windows because it just works.
It's still on my todo list, it looks a lot more interesting than the Linux monster.
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