GoKawiilUbuntu completes shift of coreutils from C to Rust implementation
Ubuntu has finished replacing the traditional GNU coreutils package with a Rust-based implementation across its system utilities. This marks a major step in the distribution's broader effort to rewrite core system components in memory-safe Rust rather than C.
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Coreutils are fundamental, security-sensitive tools used constantly across Linux systems, so eliminating memory-safety bugs in them reduces a long-standing class of vulnerabilities. The move signals growing confidence in Rust as a systems-programming replacement for C in mainstream, widely-deployed software.
- Ubuntu has fully migrated coreutils to a Rust-based version.
- The change is part of a larger 'Rust-ification' trend in Linux distributions.
- Rewriting core utilities in Rust aims to improve memory safety and reduce vulnerabilities.
Source: news.slashdot.org — Posted, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “Ubuntu's 'Rust-ification' Hits New Milestone: Coreutils Migration is Complete”
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