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>> For me, anything that isn’t a drop-in replacement for the OG tools isn’t worth the friction. "The uutils project reimplements ubiquitous command line utilit
by thesuperbigfrog 2y ago
>> For me, anything that isn’t a drop-in replacement for the OG tools isn’t worth the friction.
"The uutils project reimplements ubiquitous command line utilities in Rust. Our goal is to modernize the utils, while retaining full compatibility with the existing utilities. We are planning to replace all essential Linux tools."
https://uutils.github.io/ https://uutils.github.io/
uutils is being adopted in Ubuntu 25.10:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ubuntu_2510_rust/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ubuntu_2510_rust/
- rednafi 2y agoI welcome this wholeheartedly. If Ubuntu adopts that and it doesn’t need me to deal with any incompatibility, then it’s a win-win for everyone.
- consp 2y agoWith the added "benefit" of not having to use GPL. Likely the main goal.
- thayne 2y agoWhy would that matter to Ubuntu?
- d0mine 2y agoDoes it mean unless your ip is considered “friendly“, you can’t use basic computer utils? Gnu utils seem more accessible (more freedom long term).