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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Android uses forked versions of the Linux kernel, based on Linux LTS versions. They added in Rust support in 2019 and most new code since then has been written in Rust in order to avoid memory safety vulnerabilities. And memory safety vulnerabilities have been significantly down since 2019.

Now that upstream Linux is adopting Rust, we should hopefully see a similar results. Though likely slower than Google (they went all-in on Rust) while upstream Linux new code will seemingly be mainly C for the foreseeable future.

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now that upstream Linux is adopting Rust,

is it? From what I read the old kernel developers are really opposing it

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Linux support is definitely moving slower than the Rust team wants, but the team and Linus are still optimistic.