Hell yeah I am. I've been using linux since 2019. I bought a dell laptop and installed manjaro.
I recently discovered GNU Guix and decided to install it onto an old desktop (built in 2009) I had laying around. I used a system crafters custom installer and the accompanying video to do a non-libre kernel install. I've been liking Guix and I think I'm going to install it onto my laptop and make it my daily driver.
I've never used rust but as you say it really does seem like a good successor to c/c++. It's a modern, more memory safe programming language shat allows you to dig into the weeds if you need it.
Oh that just sucks. Scallions too?