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mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Ubuntu Will Replace GNU Core Utilities With Rust

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Ubuntu Will Replace GNU Core Utilities With Rust

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mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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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 ...
  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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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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            Lol, I don’t hate snap, I also don’t need a sandboxed ls with a 30s startup time.

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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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