I like Odin, but the creator is not too motivational (or rather, actively un-motivational)[1]. I still use it nonetheless for some of my own stuff, for now.
Regardless, I do recommend people to try it out. I use Linux and OpenBSD, too, despite Linus and Theo. :)
[1] The reason for why I think this can be found in their pull requests, but it's been some time I think.
I remember being turned off from it for the same reasons, in particular there were some fairly harsh comments directed to V's developer which felt a bit dog piley to me. Drama's long dead now.. It is a great language though. Closest to the language that would kill C for me so far, but not quite =D
Also C3
[1] https://harelang.org
[2] https://c3-lang.org