Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust
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I would argue a move away from GPL is a bad idea. I am surprised Ubuntu explicitly mentioned licensing, and not technical reasons, as a reason for this move.
EDIT: I misread the point about Canonical focusing on licensing as their main driver for the move.
They didn't mention licensing as the reason for the move. The community members in the discourse thread mentioned licensing as their reason for opposing the move. Canonical itself mentioned memory safety and speed as the main reasons, saying the licensing wasn't part of the reason why
I stand corrected. Thanks!
Seems like one of the areas where Rust is least pressing, but I guess if
uutilsdoes become dominant it will be a lot easier to work on the code and add new features & tools.Nice. Im surprised they care about speed when they push their shitty snap apps, but sure.
Well I’m not a fan of this. Fork it, GPL it, then swap it.
I’ve used Kubuntu as a daily driver for over 10 years but the stench of enshittification is getting to strong these days. Time to move on I guess.
What on earth are you talking about? There's no enshittification here.
Step 3: The new word loses all meaning