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Sincere, not kiss-ass question here: are they low-key becoming the best communicators in the Linux world? Or are there equally well-documented projects that jus

by tomcam 4y ago

Sincere, not kiss-ass question here: are they low-key becoming the best communicators in the Linux world? Or are there equally well-documented projects that just aren't getting the same heat for whatever reason?

kitsunesoba 4y ago
I don't follow the space super closely so I may be mistaken, but the impression I get is that Asahi posts are more likely to be posted/shared in less niche tech-related spaces, whereas most other Linux news tends to stay firmly within the Linux/GNU sphere. So if nothing else, Asahi's communications are more generally visible.
babypuncher 4y ago
I think the Asahi Linux project rekindles some of that excitement from the earlier days of Linux on PC-compatibles in the late '90s and early '00s. Some people might not remember this, but hardware support for Linux was a real crapshoot back then, and it's only "mostly smooth" on PC today because we have a quarter century of work building out drivers and modules for the platform. It's fun watching the breakneck pace at which they are going through the same processes with a brand new and proprietary consumer-oriented computing platform.
- tomcam 4y ago
  Yeah, I feel like they’re tackling some very hard problems with tons of enthusiasm and class.
smoldesu 4y ago
My personal favorite is the This Week In[0] series of posts, if you want a simple way to keep track of notable changes. Technical blogposts are a pretty common practice among reverse-engineers, too; the Dolphin emulator has some great breakdowns[1], along with the people who reverse-engineered the Nintendo Switch's boot process[2] (and the rest of LiveOverflow's stuff). The Asahi writeups are great, but certainly not all there is. Tons of reverse-engineering stuff and Linux documentation gets submit to this website, it just doesn't generally do as well in the ranking system. [0] https://thisweek.gnome.org/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/ [0] https://pointieststick.com/category/this-week-in-kde/ https://pointieststick.com/category/this-week-in-kde/ [1] https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/ https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/ [2] https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik
- tomcam 4y ago
  Sweet! Thanks for opening my mind!
Phelinofist 4y ago
LWN is super great
- tomcam 4y ago
  So true. Thank you.

by tomcam 4y ago

kitsunesoba 4y ago

I don't follow the space super closely so I may be mistaken, but the impression I get is that Asahi posts are more likely to be posted/shared in less niche tech-related spaces, whereas most other Linux news tends to stay firmly within the Linux/GNU sphere. So if nothing else, Asahi's communications are more generally visible.

babypuncher 4y ago

I think the Asahi Linux project rekindles some of that excitement from the earlier days of Linux on PC-compatibles in the late '90s and early '00s. Some people might not remember this, but hardware support for Linux was a real crapshoot back then, and it's only "mostly smooth" on PC today because we have a quarter century of work building out drivers and modules for the platform. It's fun watching the breakneck pace at which they are going through the same processes with a brand new and proprietary consumer-oriented computing platform.

tomcam 4y ago
Yeah, I feel like they’re tackling some very hard problems with tons of enthusiasm and class.

smoldesu 4y ago

My personal favorite is the This Week In[0] series of posts, if you want a simple way to keep track of notable changes. Technical blogposts are a pretty common practice among reverse-engineers, too; the Dolphin emulator has some great breakdowns[1], along with the people who reverse-engineered the Nintendo Switch's boot process[2] (and the rest of LiveOverflow's stuff). The Asahi writeups are great, but certainly not all there is. Tons of reverse-engineering stuff and Linux documentation gets submit to this website, it just doesn't generally do as well in the ranking system. [0] https://thisweek.gnome.org/ https://thisweek.gnome.org/ [0] https://pointieststick.com/category/this-week-in-kde/ https://pointieststick.com/category/this-week-in-kde/ [1] https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/ https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/ [2] https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik https://youtu.be/Ec4NgWRE8ik

tomcam 4y ago
Sweet! Thanks for opening my mind!

Phelinofist 4y ago

LWN is super great

tomcam 4y ago
So true. Thank you.