NetBSD Says No to Rust "Rust in the core of NetSD is probably a non-starter," says long-time NetBSD developer. "Keeping Rust working is quite a bit of work."

I have two conditions for switching to NetBSD: 1) no Rust 2) GNU make by default. I'm happy to see them moving in the right direction. I already downloaded the latest USB installer, I'm ready to click the big button as soon as they meet the second demand too. 😀💕

Honest take: Rust by itself is not a bad language, it's the community around it, the political baggage, and the takeover agenda that make it a poison pill. That said, NetBSD saying no to Rust only motivates me to check it out, if I can make it an alternative to Linux I'm willing to give it a try.

The only reason that Rust got a leg in on the Linux kernel is the lean on Linus and others from the Foundation. I used to want to be one of the LF's fellows. Now? Not so sure. That CoC was inflicted, in part, by them. The mentality and mindset that got the Pwnie last year for the Linux Kernel Mailing List for Lamest Vendor was due them. The notion of a foundation is a good one. The problem begins when the contributing members lean on things to get THEIR way in things. That's when it went downhill. Something to remember going forward, people.

Turns out the BSD side of Unix is the one with the last reserve of good and courage. Who'd have guessed? Or is it simply the side ignored by the woke crowd?

I kinda of agree. Rust sucks, if you add up all the minutes you'd have to wait for your program to compile before it runs, you would do something worthwhile with the time 😂

Let's hope they never get targeted by some of the deep pocketed rust pushers:

Based.

Hopefully next release Gershwin will be in a better shape. @malco2001 and @probonopd are doing great job.

Nice! Looks like another project to borrow code from if and when more core projects become too rusty. I wonder how they'll deal with Rust creeping into Mesa and the likes.

Hasn't FreeBSD given a similar stance? I recall them saying they might test it in the userland eventually, but that it wasn't worth the added build complexity as of current.

Wise. NetBSD's value lies in "running everywhere," not chasing trends. The maintenance cost of Rust is real—saying no isn't being behind the times, it's knowing your priorities.

I wish Linux had and now it's too late

I've read somewhere that NetBSD these days feels a lot like Linux back in the day in many ways. At least from an outside observer, that feels true: Linux is still open source but feels very commercial and very political these days. I kinda miss the days when Linux was more niche. NetBSD at least feels less infected by politics so far. Time will tell how things will play out. But I'm definitely encouraged to try out NetBSD / GhostBSD, and are what's going on over there, I haven't touched it since my college days

I'll never like NetBSD, but I'm good with this

I HAVE SPOKEN TO GOD, AND HE SAID NETBSD IS LIBERAL COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY AGAINST RUST. THIS IS A PLOY FROM THE LEFT TO INFILTRATE AND CONTROL OUR SERVERS. WE WILL STAND FIRM IN OUR RESISTANCE AGAINST THESE SATANIC TACTICS!

Makes me think of my favorite wallpaper (which also applies to the other BSDs).

Good news

Love the grizzly developer in the garage in your 50ties hat

NetSD? For a second I thought you meant NetBSD.

you are a pedophile

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I'd be using BSD as my daily driver if I could get the nvidia open drivers working on it, steam games would work on it, hyprland worked on it. Basically if I could do everything I do on Arch, in BSD... I'd be there no question about it.