Concerns on Trisquel and the future of Linux
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Greetings im new to posting on these forums, ive browsed the forums for years and tried out versions of Trisquel in the past but something compelled me to post this as ive been thinking alot about the future of linux this week. I think the change with Linux when it comes to Rust concerns me. For one the name Rust is a horrible name so if we have Rust in the kernel what does that mean. My concern is that Rust will make Linux less secure, it doesent seem right that with the end of Windows 10 that all these people migrated to Linux right at the time Rust is really being integrated with Linux it seems like weird coincidence. I love computers I was born in the 80s and grew up with a fascination with technology. I dont like what I see with the future of tech. Is there anyway for Trisquel or libre linux distros to work without Rust without going to BSD?
@jediwizard
The only option i know of is Hyperbola.
I heard that rust already has some problems with what it is marketed for.
I cannot say rust is always memory unsafe, but i think it is overhyped.
Point being though,
Hyperbola.info has the only distro that is worth using that has no rust.
Most other distros will have it though. This is alas a fact.
Do with this information what you will.
if you need encrypted install for hyperbola, check the forum guides, this one is the best option:
https://forums.hyperbola.info/viewtopic.php?id=933
But this question you pose, probably should be in free software talk
GNU Guix also uses Rust, they have a Rust team,
but probably they use a different version, or a self-made-version of Rust. I don´t know.
@jediwizard please read https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux .
Are there any problems with Rust, except trademark restrictions?
In this case, it's just "Linux" indeed.
It's about the nonfree kernel called Linux.
[1] Linux Kernel: Rust Support Officially Approved:
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Linux-Kernel-Rust-Support-Officially-Approved-11109808.html
In "My concern is that Rust will make Linux less secure, it doesent seem right that with the end of Windows 10 that all these people migrated to Linux right at the time Rust is really being integrated with Linux it seems like weird coincidence.":
-- "Rust will make Linux less secure" is about the kernel
-- "people migrated to Linux" **is about GNU/Linux**
-- "Rust is really being integrated with Linux" is about the kernel