Ubuntu Will Replace GNU Core Utilities With Rust
Ubuntu Will Replace GNU Core Utilities With Rust
In this video I discuss Ubuntu's decision to switch to using rust implementations of the core utilities (mkdir, ls, cat, etc...) and what it could mean for the broader Linux ecosystem. My merch is ...
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That's extremely unexpected.
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The GNU utils weren't written by Canonical so they were doomed from the start.
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Not to worry, they'll ship 'em via snap.
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Straight to jail.
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I like snap, send me to camp.
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Oh god no
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More likely they will make them dependent on snap so you can't remove snap without breaking the system.
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Why?
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Because why? I can expect a very niche distro like Cachy do it but not a big project with a serious market share.
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Canonical has a long history of doing wacky shit that nobody asked for though. Unity, upstart, snap, probably other things that I'm not thinking of
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Unity was great, though. Ubuntu took a hit going back to customized gnome
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