Ubuntu 26.10: cp, mv and rm Go Rust, and How to Switch Back to GNU
π A new article on CodeHelper! Ubuntu 26.10 just replaced cp, mv and rm with Rust. For the first time every core command on a default install is uutils, not GNU. Canonical held these three back in 26.04 LTS after a secu
π A new article on CodeHelper!
Ubuntu 26.10 just replaced cp, mv and rm with Rust. For the first time every core command on a default install is uutils, not GNU. Canonical held these three back in 26.04 LTS after a security audit found 113 issues. Now they ship. Progress, or the riskiest change in years? And if a script breaks, the way back to GNU is one command. Where do you stand?
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