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Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by silisili on Monday February 20, 2023 @06:06PM (#34874129)
I also found that line really strange. Not to take away from Alyssa's brilliant work, but the sentence made it sound like she's carrying the company/project on her back here.
Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by tcmart14 on Monday February 20, 2023 @06:37PM (#34874387)
Probably more of the unfortunate part is that the GPU stuff is what everyone is most excited about. Hector's work is instrumental and he is instrumental to all of it coming together, but his work just doesn't get seen as being as flashy. Make sure I also mention, yes Alyssa's work is brilliant too. They are all brilliant and deserve praise, but GPU work is gonna be more exciting to see for the lay person.
Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by chippiewill on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:50AM (#34877602)
But even that's a bit weird in the context of the kernel 6.2 release because Alyssa's work generally hasn't been around the Kernel, she's been working on the userspace driver.

It's Asahi Lina who really did the kernel driver (building on Alyssa's reverse engineering work).

Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by delroth on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:58AM (#34877666)
> It's Asahi Lina who really did the kernel driver (building on Alyssa's reverse engineering work).

Mostly based on her own reverse engineering work actually (which was all livestreamed). Alyssa's work was on the shader ISA and what goes into the various command queues to get the GPU to do useful things, Lina's work was on the lower level aspects of how the queues even work, interactions with the firmware, power management, etc.

Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by kristianp on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:05AM (#34878640)
Isn't Asahi Lina, Marcan's alter-ego? Apologies if I got the wrong end of the stick there.
Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by viraptor on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:11AM (#34878690)
Maybe, maybe not. Since it's not explicitly public, it's nicer not to assume that or ask. Privacy is a big thing in vtubers community.
Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by chippiewill on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:53PM (#34885190)
Probably. Maybe.

They use all the same tools etc. But given Asahi Lina has chosen not to reveal their identity it's better to just assume it's a different person.

Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by throw009 on Monday February 20, 2023 @10:57PM (#34876338)
We all know why that is.

In the $current_year things are so hilariously sexist that I pass my work off as my wife's so I can make more money pretending to be her.

Makes me wonder how many great men of the past were actually their wives alter egos.

Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by modzu on Monday February 20, 2023 @11:23PM (#34876564)
this is being downvoted to death, but makes you think
Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by cld8483 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:34AM (#34877107)
> Makes me wonder how many great men of the past were actually their wives alter egos.

Interesting thought. I know JK Rowling is "JK" because her publisher wanted to obscure her gender. This sort of thing is probably common.

Re:Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1... by throw009 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:03AM (#34879089)
What's even more common is all the supposed genocides in the colonies that left no one alive. Just like today Elizabeth Warren pretended to be the extremely blond Indian so did Sitting Cloud turn into the extremely tanned Sicilian: Marco Totally Italiano.