If drama was going to drive Linux kernel developers away, it would have just been Torvalds working on it alone for 30 years. For better or worse, that community has selected for having very thorough antibodies to conflict.
You should learn some, you might change your opinion! At the end of the day, having some pressure to select for kernel developers that are open minded and willing to learn new things might not be a bad thing. And at any rate, C will be a big part of kernel development forever, so those unwilling to learn new tools or techniques can still contribute in a meaningful way if they want to.
2. End users absolutely do not care in which programming language an application (or OS, they can't tell the difference and don't care) is written in. They only care if it does the job they need quickly, safely and easily.
I'm guessing he means Rust voicing solidarity with Ukraine and sympathy with everyone affected by a conflict? It's hard to tell when people vaguepost. I guess wars of invasion/annexation are too controversial to oppose.
"Before going into the details of the new Rust release, we'd like to state that we stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and express our support for all people affected by this conflict."
