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Re:Writing a Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by KptMarchewa on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:55AM (#28998385)
There are obviously different people doing this stuff than original GNU coreutils people.

I'd be very wary to try to contribute anything to old GNU project like that, since despite having right licensing ideas, they attract the biggest assholes. This might be another reason why different people are doing rewrites.

And sometimes, it turns out extremely well, like ripgrep.

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Re:Writing a Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by caddybox on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:18AM (#28998905)
The contributions of those assholes has been a massive factor in the success of the Linux/GNU ecosystem. I'd strongly urge potential contributors to speak with the real people behind the project rather than blindly trust the advice of somebody on the internet whose affiliations and interests can never be reliably ascertained.
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Re:Writing a Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by raxxorrax on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:43AM (#28999673)
> they attract the biggest assholes

Are they assholes? Maybe millions of people using their tools and external expectation forms character?

I think such quick judgements are often very special.

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