{"id":101926,"date":"2025-02-14T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/asahi-linux-lead-resigns-from-mac-based-distro-after-tumultuous-kernel-debate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:04:24","slug":"asahi-linux-lead-resigns-from-mac-based-distro-after-tumultuous-kernel-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/asahi-linux-lead-resigns-from-mac-based-distro-after-tumultuous-kernel-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Asahi Linux lead resigns from Mac-based distro after tumultuous kernel debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Working at the intersection of Apple&#8217;s newest hardware and Linux kernel development, for the benefit of a free distribution, was <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/03\/asahi-linux-is-already-running-on-the-mac-studios-new-m1-ultra-chip\/\">never going to be easy<\/a>. But it&#8217;s been an especially hard couple of weeks for Hector Martin, project lead for Asahi Linux, capping off years of what he describes as burnout, user entitlement, and political battles within the Linux kernel community about Rust code.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his site, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/marcan.st\/2025\/02\/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead\/\">Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead<\/a>,&#8221; Martin summarizes his history with hardware hacking projects, including his time with the Wii homebrew scene (Team Twiizers\/<a href=\"https:\/\/wiibrew.org\/wiki\/Fail0verflow\">fail0verflow<\/a>), which had its share of insistent users desperate to play pirated games. Martin shifted his focus, and when Apple unveiled its own silicon with the M1 series, Martin writes, &#8220;I realized that making it run Linux was my dream project.&#8221; This time, there was no jailbreaking and a relatively open, if tricky, platform.<\/p>\n<p>Support and donations came quickly. 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