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Asahi Lina is a maintainer in Asahi Linux project. She is now much known because of the achivement she earned, programming the Asahi Linux GPU driver for MacOS.

madeofpalk 4y ago
Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? Is Asahi Linux named after her? Or is it all one big coincidence?
- nicoburns 4y ago
  > Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? This one.
- masklinn 4y ago
  > Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? Yes > Is Asahi Linux named after her? Other way around, it’s a pseudonym created to work on the project, IIRC Lina got involved early-mid 2022 while Hector Martin started the project in late 2020 / early 2021.
  - mlindner 4y ago
    Why does she have so much clout when the latter has been working on this for much longer? I feel like there's some fanboyism happening here. This person basically just joined the project.
    - masklinn 4y ago
      They "just joined the project" and reverse engineered and developed the kernel drivers from relatively little prior work, in just a few months. From afar they also seem to have a pretty ebullient and infectious personality and to stream a lot (we're talking 10h streams every few days: https://www.youtube.com/@AsahiLina/streams https://www.youtube.com/@AsahiLina/streams) which is impressive work and dedication.
    - Rufbdbskrufb473 4y ago
      - mlindner 4y ago
        > The anime character is just what Hector started using more often for communicating about the project. It's not a different person. Wait really? So they swapped their gender with a voice changer as well? Do you have some evidence of this? Though it would certainly explain how a developer who "just joined" somehow was allowed to co-opt the project name without any push back.
        wtallis 4y ago
        > Wait really? So they swapped their gender with a voice changer as well? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33292198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33292198 Please stop trolling on this topic. It's annoying to see every thread about Asahi Linux get dragged off topic like this.
        mlindner 4y ago
        How am I "trolling"? I'm asking honest questions because I want to know. What happens more often is that every Asahi Linux post gets dragged off topic praising the person's greatness in a cult like manner. That's why I mentioned "fanboyism" in some other post. I'd prefer if we kept to technical discussion in these posts personally.
        wtallis 4y ago
        > I'd prefer if we kept to technical discussion in these posts personally. That's really not what your posting history indicates. And bringing up the subject of "fanboyism" is pretty much the exact opposite; that's never going to take the conversation in a productive direction.
        mlindner 4y ago
    - mort96 4y ago
      What do you mean by "so much clout"..? She's one of the people who decided to work on the Asahi Linux project, and she's writing and streaming about the work she's doing and participating in mailing lists and IRC communities. Is that an unexpected amount of "clout"?
Arelius 4y ago
I assume you mean Asahi Linux GPU driver for Mac M1? or does this run ontop of MacOS somehow?
- worldsavior 4y ago
  Yes I meant for the M1.

madeofpalk 4y ago

Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? Is Asahi Linux named after her? Or is it all one big coincidence?

nicoburns 4y ago
> Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? This one.
masklinn 4y ago
> Is Asahi Lina a pseudonym? Yes > Is Asahi Linux named after her? Other way around, it’s a pseudonym created to work on the project, IIRC Lina got involved early-mid 2022 while Hector Martin started the project in late 2020 / early 2021.
- mlindner 4y ago
  Why does she have so much clout when the latter has been working on this for much longer? I feel like there's some fanboyism happening here. This person basically just joined the project.
  - masklinn 4y ago
    They "just joined the project" and reverse engineered and developed the kernel drivers from relatively little prior work, in just a few months. From afar they also seem to have a pretty ebullient and infectious personality and to stream a lot (we're talking 10h streams every few days: https://www.youtube.com/@AsahiLina/streams https://www.youtube.com/@AsahiLina/streams) which is impressive work and dedication.
  - Rufbdbskrufb473 4y ago
    - mlindner 4y ago
      > The anime character is just what Hector started using more often for communicating about the project. It's not a different person. Wait really? So they swapped their gender with a voice changer as well? Do you have some evidence of this? Though it would certainly explain how a developer who "just joined" somehow was allowed to co-opt the project name without any push back.
      - wtallis 4y ago
        > Wait really? So they swapped their gender with a voice changer as well? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33292198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33292198 Please stop trolling on this topic. It's annoying to see every thread about Asahi Linux get dragged off topic like this.
        mlindner 4y ago
        How am I "trolling"? I'm asking honest questions because I want to know. What happens more often is that every Asahi Linux post gets dragged off topic praising the person's greatness in a cult like manner. That's why I mentioned "fanboyism" in some other post. I'd prefer if we kept to technical discussion in these posts personally.
        wtallis 4y ago
        > I'd prefer if we kept to technical discussion in these posts personally. That's really not what your posting history indicates. And bringing up the subject of "fanboyism" is pretty much the exact opposite; that's never going to take the conversation in a productive direction.
        mlindner 4y ago
  - mort96 4y ago
    What do you mean by "so much clout"..? She's one of the people who decided to work on the Asahi Linux project, and she's writing and streaming about the work she's doing and participating in mailing lists and IRC communities. Is that an unexpected amount of "clout"?

Arelius 4y ago

I assume you mean Asahi Linux GPU driver for Mac M1? or does this run ontop of MacOS somehow?

worldsavior 4y ago
Yes I meant for the M1.