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I'm pretty scared what userland piece of software will be re-written while ditching backwards compatibility and making the current body of support knowledge wor
by RicoElectrico 9mo ago
I'm pretty scared what userland piece of software will be re-written while ditching backwards compatibility and making the current body of support knowledge worthless. After all, we've replaced the display server (sort of), audio, init and service management, network commands (netplan) if not much more.
My bet would be on a rewrite of CUPS in Rust. Oh, your printer that worked for 20 years is now a useless brick? What a shame, at least now the printing subsystem is secure and blazing fast.
- shakna 9mo agoWell, as Apple has basically abandoned CUPS, and not everyone uses the OpenPrinting fork, things in that space are getting "fun".
- steve1977 9mo agoNot even Rust zealots want to touch printing ;)
- networkadmin 9mo ago> My bet would be on a rewrite of CUPS in Rust. Please, don't give them any ideas.
- eagle2com 9mo agoPlease, printers have never worked, it's a side effect when they do.