I personally care because it’s Rust based and that means I’m likely to participate in development and feel comfortable with the tooling. As a broader picture —

I personally care because it’s Rust based and that means I’m likely to participate in development and feel comfortable with the tooling. As a broader picture — it matters since the creator is System76 which sells laptops and desktops and moves towards giving a full Linux on Desktop polished experience. You really can only go so far if you are not deeply involved in the DE yourself. p.s.: your question is very legit imo, don’t get the downvotes