Kernel: simplefb Support, Rust Bloat, and Linux Optimised for 386 and 48
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Kernel 5.15.70 with simplefb
...I did decide to keep the legacy framebuffers, using the rather vague logic that it might be better for older hardware. At least, I think that was my reasoning at the time.
Limine developer mintsuki fixed it. But, tested with an older kernel that has "simple framebuffer" not legacy-framebuffers, and the problem I had with black screen on my old "HP motherboard" PC, just went away -- it booted.
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Note, CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE is also deprecated, it is missing in the 5.16 kernel, replaced with CONFIG_DRM_SIMPLEDRM. Will cross that bridge when I get to it.
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Support for Rust will be merged in 6.1 kernel, says Torvalds
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says the initial merging of support for the Rust programming language in the Linux kernel should happen with the 6.1 release.
Responding to queries, he cautioned that this would be "literally just the infrastructure – not actually *doing* anything yet, just setting the stage for things".
First released 12 years ago, Rust has a notable advantage in that it is designed to provide memory safety, thus ensuring that many types of vulnerabilities can be caught at compile time.
It was designed by Mozilla Research developer Graydon Hoare in 2006 and refined during the writing of the Servo experimental browser engine and the Rust compiler.
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Linux optimised for 386 and 486
Do you have some old 386 or 486 machines lying around, collecting dust, but want them to become productive members of your computer household? Fret no more – there’s gray386linux and gray486linux, distributions specifically tailored for these two older architectures. I’m not entirely sure what you’d actually do with them, but fascinating projects nonetheless.