Asahi Lina Pausing Work on Apple GPU Linux Driver Development
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·March 18, 2025null
runjake
For those that are unaware:
Asahi Lina is an alternate “vtuber” personality of Hector Martin. So it makes sense his alternate personality would also quit.
Rather than rehash it yet again, you can do an HN comment search for “asahi lina“ and get the facts.
TL;DR: Hector has goofed a few times and revealed himself on livestreams. I was super interested in this work.
I watched a couple of them myself and can confirm at least 2 of these incidents, including one where his vtuber video overlay failed and revealed himself.
Anyway, don’t want people to be confused with what’s going on. He’s got problems, like us all, and I hope he finds peace.
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ranger_danger
What's with those comments? Wow.
Edit: Upon further inspection... almost every phoronix comment thread seems to be this toxic.
0x457
It has everything that certain group hates:
- rust
- rust in linux
- vtuber persona
- vtuber persona's gender that doesn't match gender of person under that persona
tempaccount420
Did they disable the comment thread visibility for anon/not-logged-in users? I hope they deleted the comments instead of only hiding them from the public eye.
duskwuff
It looks as though they specifically disabled the comments for this article (or moved the thread to an subforum which isn't visible to the public).
https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoron...
stuaxo
I doubt it, some of the commenters there have been terrible for years.
ranger_danger
They disabled the entire comment thread, even if you're logged in:
Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page. For assistance contact the site administrator.
Here's one of the pages I still had open: https://0x0.st/81X4.png
tempaccount420
Wow, it was really bad.
asveikau
Too early to tell now for the HN thread, but I came here thinking "this will be a hell of a comment section"...
phoronixrly
Typical phoronix-style inflammatory blogspam. If this is what it takes to keep a Linux news site afloat, we're better off without any.
Also, as always, the article is below HN's level...
stuaxo
It's like the worst of the edgy Linux users of the 90s, but somehow worse.
latentcall
I can’t even view the comments without signing in. Probably a good thing.
duskwuff
> Edit: Upon further inspection... almost every phoronix comment thread seems to be this toxic.
Correct. It's notoriously bad.
0x457
Why is it written like Asahi Lina and Hector Martin isn't the same person? Would be weird if Hector resigned, but kept working as Asahi Lina...
lifthrasiir
Without a clear confirmation, you'd have to give the benefit of the doubt.
pcwalton
Because the article isn't about the identity of Asahi Lina. That may or may not be an interesting article (I'm deliberately being neutral so as not to spark off-topic discussion), but it isn't the topic of this article.
Scuds
jesus, when's 4chan going to turn up here?
anonfordays
"I no longer feel safe"
What danger to his safety did he experience whilst working on Linux? Did he open a police report? What did I miss?
Focusing on the work and the people:
The silent majority appreciate each of you, Asahi Lina, Alyssa Rosenzweig, and Hector Martin. You don’t hear from them because it’s not in their nature, for better or worse.
Your generosity and hard work have made possible things that previously seemed impossible. Wonderful exist in the world because you worked to make them. Thank you.