[heythere22]

Just a quick reminder, using syscalls without libc is something that will cause trouble with OpenBSD. From [1]: "The eventual goal would be to disallow system calls from anywhere but the region mapped for libc"

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/806776/

[colonwqbang]

I think Linux is the about the only system where this makes sense. I don't know of another system where the syscall ABI is rigidly defined and stable like it is on Linux. Om most other systems the syscall ABI tends to be "call this C function in that shared library".

However, most computers in the world run Linux nowadays.

[pjmlp]

While many run the Linux kernel, it isn't always the pure upstream version following the Linus vision.

Many devs targeting embedded and mobile devices are painfully aware of that reality.

[ink_13]

However good you think Linux is on this file, the BSDs, particularly OpenBSD, are better.

[WJW]

That is irrelevant in the context of the `linux-raw` backend of this project, which does not target the BSDs.

[FpUser]

There is a saying: the best camera is the one you have with you when needed.

For programming - whatever you use and are comfortable with is the best. One does not need to concern what others like / use as long as it does not impede one's own work.