Hector Martin, the project lead for Asahi Linux, has resigned due to burnout and challenges from user entitlement and political strife over Rust in the Linux kernel community. His journey began with hardware hacking and evolved into a dream project to run Linux on Apple's M1 silicon. While initial support was strong, it dwindled as user demands escalated, contributing to his resignation. Martin also faced personal issues, including harassment, which affected his productivity, as he highlighted the key role of Rust in the success of their GPU driver amidst growing frustrations.
It seemed the more things we accomplished, the less support we had.
I realized that making it run Linux was my dream project.
The entire reason our GPU driver was able to succeed in the time it did was Rust.
It's been an especially hard couple of weeks for Hector Martin.
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