Writing some Rust on Windows today! Painless so far, even for a linux-biased dev like me.
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Overall it seems like the Rust for Linux is making huge strides. Greg KH is super supportive of it[1] and the wider Linux community is pretty positive[2] (see all the quotes at the end of the slides).
1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/2025021954-flaccid-pucker-f7d9@gregkh/
2: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6507-rust-for-linux/
When writing long-lived programs (daemons etc) in Rust, I find myself asking *where* I should put data.
In a GC'd language it's just "I have a string" but Rust forces me to find somewhere to put it.
You do get a performance benefit for this work though.
Installed Linux on a new laptop yesterday, and needed to find a USB stick in a dusty drawer.
The stick previously had Arch Linux Installer 2021 on it! I can't think of any other uses for the device these days.