I don't think this thread is helping.
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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Spinning more drama around this project, that’s what it needs.
Yeah classic attention seeking behaviour. Just say you're stopping work on it for personal reasons, or give details. The only reason to tease gossip like this is because you like the drama.
There are a lot of other people also working on Linux gpu drivers. Heck I know someone at AMD doing it now. Lots of people seem to be oddly blowing this out of proportion like it will stop the entire ecosystem of Linux.
The project is for making unofficial drivers for Apple's chips, which very few people are trying to do. Without Asahi, you can't run Linux on Macbooks.
RIP Asahi Linux.
Fuck off to all the fascists ruining OSS.
What fascists are ruining OSS?
Guessing it's because Lina is queer. A little bit ago, I was trying to find what was going on and found a bunch of bigoted comments and conspiracy theories about her and her girlfriend(maybe wife now?).
This is the worst way how to announce something like this.
I don't know the context, but if the goal was to not start a wave of speculations, it would be better to simply not hint at anything. I wonder what happened, and I respect if they don't want to deal with it, but this does feel weird.
It's basically vaguebooking.
I no longer feel safe
Please don’t make assumptions
Yeah wtf is that. If there are reasons to feel unsafe that arent just entirely individual, then you should tell other people that might be in danger. If its entirely individual, then state that so that other people wont be worried about their safety.
Wild. All I wanna do now is make assumptions. 🤣
Most of it was pretty much said in the previous announcement from the Asahi leadership. The TL:DR is that people are incredibly entitled, support took a huge downturn, but demands kept rising, and allegedly there have been numerous personal attacks on people. The Linux project leadership drama was just the whipped cream on top of the cake
WTF? Is somebody threatening her for working on open source drivers???
What is this fucking timeline...
Edit: ohhhhh...there seems to be a LOT of underlying stuff happening here. Like Lina is an anime alter-ego of Marcan I guess? So confused...
These talking points about identity originated from kiwi farms.
It's this kind of weird unhealthy speculation that gets people to step down.
I'd not perpetuate it.
Then what is the actual issue?
She quit due to harassment. That's it, that's the story.
harassment
From who? What kind of harassment?
Starting with denying her person-hood under the unsubstantiated rumor she is the alter ego of marcan, found in this very thread.
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