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The answer seems to be that the applications [1] are written in Rust using gtk-rs [2] (Rust-bindings for the GTK libs). [1]: https://github.com/orgs/pop-os/rep

• mohanmcgeek 5y ago
  Does this work similar to the python bindings that were ubiquitous a decade ago? My understanding is that you don't get any memory safety/performance advantage from using Rust because gtk can still be unsafe. Is this correct?
  • ludston 5y ago
    Even Rust code can still be unsafe. It's a question of where it can be unsafe. You're reducing the scope of code that can be unsafe to specific areas.
• symlinkk 5y ago
  So basically it’s not Rust.
  • cowsandmilk 5y ago
    How pure does your program have to be to be rust for you? How few libraries in C or C++ must it call? The developers are writing all their code in rust, so it is in rust…
    • symlinkk 5y ago
      It’s a UI library that’s showing UI controls that are written in C. It’s dishonest to call it Rust because it wraps those controls in a layer of Rust
  • southerntofu 5y ago
    By that standard no binary that links against glibc, whether originally written in rust or go, is in fact rust or go.
• k_kalupe22 5y ago
  I appreciate your facts. But System 76 should then call it GTK based, I guess.
  • mmstick76 5y ago
    Only the applications are GTK-based. The compositor that makes the whole environment possible is written in Rust.