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Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete
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Whether you like Rust or not, it's questionable as to why Canonical would push this so much and do it in such a cavalier way.

Will this really make coreutils more secure? I doubt it, if anything there will be a river of new bugs.

So, again, why are they pushing Rust so much? Having Microsoft make Rust a 'Tier-1' language also doesn't bode well.

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