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[–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

not be held back by trying to shoehorn modern software on retro computing devices.

So I admit that I am just a user and have basically no idea what goes on behind the scenes in development, but for me, shoehorning stuff into retro devices is kind of a defining feature of Linux. It runs on just about everything, full stop. I suppose that can be a blessing and a curse, but it does make me a little sad especially in the context of this rust fever where everyone seems to think that this one thing will magically solve all the problems. Seems a bit short-sighted to me. Also because I thought I'd move to Debian since Ubuntu has been forcing snaps onto me...

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Rust is a coding language that requires its own toolkit when building binaries with it (just as gcc is required for everything written in C). Rust of course won't magically fix every issue and changing the tooling won't be user-facing but this is for developers to make their job easier. If they will be able to fix stuff faster then it's a win for users as well.

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