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What Do Linux Kernel Developers Think of Rust?


Keynotes at this year's FOSDEM included free AI models and systemd, reports Heise.de — and also a progress report from Miguel Ojeda, supervisor of the Rust integration in the Linux kernel. Only eight people remain in the core team around Rust for Linux... Miguel Ojeda therefore launched a su...

The reaction was mostly positive, judging by Ojeda's slides:- "2025 will be the year of Rust GPU drivers..." — Daniel Almedia The only reason Linux managed to survive so long is by not having internal boundaries, and adding another language completely breaks this. But the article also notes that Google "has been a staunch supporter of adding Rust to the kernel for Linux running in its Android phones."

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