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Sep 20, 2026
Rob CampbellHOST
But, uh, you know, they're kind of the core of the Coreutils in my, my opinion.
Rob CampbellHOST
But, uh, they're now scheduled to move away from their traditional GNU implementations.
Rob CampbellHOST
These commands may not sound exciting, but they are some of the most fundamental pieces of Linux system.
Rob CampbellHOST
Um, you know, the, the copy, move, and all that.
Rob CampbellHOST
Though, you know, the number of issues uncovered during these audits proves that, uh, safe memory management, um, you know, it, it's not gonna prevent all the errors, errors.
Rob CampbellHOST
It can't.
Rob CampbellHOST
Uh, Canonical says Uutils is intended to be a drop-in replacement, treating, uh, differences from GNU Coreutils as bugs.
Rob CampbellHOST
So if something doesn't work as expected, as you're used to with the, the regular GNU Coreutils, it's a bug.
Rob CampbellHOST
But, uh, you know, they're kind of the core of the Coreutils in my, my opinion.
Rob CampbellHOST
But, uh, they're now scheduled to move away from their traditional GNU implementations.
Rob CampbellHOST
These commands may not sound exciting, but they are some of the most fundamental pieces of Linux system.
Rob CampbellHOST
Um, you know, the, the copy, move, and all that.
Rob CampbellHOST
So, you know, as I said many times, many, many times, that doesn't make Rust magic-- Rust software magically secure, though, you know, the number of issues uncovered during these audits proves that, uh, safe memory management, um, you know, it, it's not gonna prevent all the errors, errors.
Rob CampbellHOST
It can't.
Rob CampbellHOST
Uh, Canonical says Uutils is intended to be a drop-in replacement, treating, uh, differences from GNU Coreutils as bugs.
Rob CampbellHOST
So if something doesn't work as expected, as you're used to with the, the regular GNU Coreutils, it's a bug.
Rob CampbellHOST
You know, they're kind of the core of the core utils in my opinion.
Rob CampbellHOST
They are now scheduled to move away from their traditional GNU implementations.
Rob CampbellHOST
These commands may not sound exciting, but they are some of the most fundamental pieces of Linux system.
Rob CampbellHOST
You know, the copy move and all that core utils also provides commands such as lscat to mode or change mod.
Rob CampbellHOST
It can't.
Rob CampbellHOST
Canonical says uutils is intended to be a drop in replacement treating conditions.
Rob CampbellHOST
differences from GNU Core Utils as bugs.
Rob CampbellHOST
So if something doesn't work as expected as you used to with the regular GNU Core Utils, it's a bug and it should be reported.
MattHOST
Mine can be covered fairly quickly, I think.
MattHOST
So Ubuntu 26.10 will complete the transition from the standard core utils, GNU core utils, to the Rust-based core utils.
MattHOST
And so those are things like cp, move, remove, ls, cat, chmod, chroot, things like that.
MattHOST
And these are all going to be rust-based now.
MattHOST
But LS, does LS really need to be rewritten in Rust because of, you know, reasons? It just, it makes no sense to me and it feels very weird that this was their focus.
MattHOST
But 26.10 sees the end of it, which makes me wonder why.
MattHOST
What's next? So any guys have any thoughts on the end of GNU core utils in Ubuntu? Drew?
DrewHOST
Thank God there's somebody, some little security researcher whose whole job for the last six months has been, does that RM command, does it accidentally delete your entire file system? And thank God for him, you know? Because they're going to hold that shit back so that nobody gets dinged by a brand new rm command you know it's
NickHOST
On Ubuntu, these tools are supposedly behaving in the exact same way as the old ones.
NickHOST
You can still install the GNU core utils if you prefer those, but it's clear Ubuntu wants to replace plenty of parts of their system with Rust-based alternatives.
NickHOST
They sponsor one of the main foundation that support Rust development.
NickHOST
They are already planning more replacement for other components.
Tom JonesHOST
The certification is for the full macOS distribution, not for Darwin in isolation.
Tom JonesHOST
Darwin, Apple's open-source layer, GNU at XNU, kernel plus FreeBSD-derived user space, has never been certified as its own, but macOS as Apple ships it carries the trademark.
Tom JonesHOST
That is hundreds of millions of certified Unix machines on desks, in bags, and living rooms every day.
Tom JonesHOST
iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS share the Darwin Foundation but are not separately certified.
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Tom JonesHOST
But because it is not Unix.
Tom JonesHOST
Is Unix light? Linus Torvalds wrote the Unix kernel from scratch in 1991 with no inherited Unix or BSD code.
Tom JonesHOST
The standard user line comes from GNU, not from AT&T or Berkeley.
Tom JonesHOST
Linux has never been certified by the Open Group.
ShaneHOST
Essentially, Linux as an operating system doesn't exist, you could argue it's 1000 different operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel.
ConorHOST
You might even say it's GNU plus Linux.
ShaneHOST
GNU slash Linux.
ShaneHOST
But they're like, they're not like they are distinct projects.
ShaneHOST
They're just built on the same foundation.
Bryan LundukeHOST
It makes your system more of an unknown quantity, an unknown quality.
Bryan LundukeHOST
And the London Computer Operating System is just like, well, why do that, right? So like all the rust clones of the GNU core utilities, like CP and RM and whatnot, that Ubuntu and others are shipping with, I'm not going to do that.
Bryan LundukeHOST
I want to ship with the GNU core utilities because they're tried and true.
Bryan LundukeHOST
They're battle tested and I'm just going to stick with them.
Bryan LundukeHOST
Why? Because why would I use something different? Now, if at some point in the distant future, those Rust clones are proven to be more well-tested, faster, more stable, just generally better pieces of software, Yeah, sure, the Lunduk computer operating system will use them.
JohnHOST
These regular updates underline how software security is everyone's business.
JohnHOST
Whether you're a sysadmin in an enterprise or a home user keen to keep data safe, what's more, Ubuntu's latest version, 26.10, marks a significant milestone by completing the migration of core utilities from the venerable GNU versions.
JohnHOST
They've swapped in Rust-based memory-safe alternatives across the board, raising the bar for reliability and making intrusive bugs less likely.
JohnHOST
It's a massive leap toward security-focused operating system design, echoing the tech community's growing preference for programming languages with built-in safeguards.
Brodie RobertsonHOST
out.
Brodie RobertsonHOST
I won't be big and serious like Gnu.
Brodie RobertsonHOST
Because at the time, this was like a few years after Gnu had announced the herd kernel, which whole mess there that got delayed till after Linux started.
Brodie RobertsonHOST
Right.
Brodie RobertsonHOST
Yeah.
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