News, Reviews & Betas which includes large community peer support The move does not mean there is an effort to rewrite any existing kernel source in Rust, but if new kernel development trends in this direction, we could be looking at a wildly different codebase.
The Linux kernel has maintained portability due to reliance on the C programming language, but serious adoption of Rust now threatens its dominance. Mozilla’s decade old technology has become a major force, offering the same level of flexibility afforded by classic compiled languages, while offering interoperability with C.
