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Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils

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Summary

Ubuntu 26.10 completes the migration of core utilities to Rust-based implementations, addressing prior memory-safety issues in cp, mv, and rm by using rust-based uutils. The move improves security and reliability, with upstream fixes, audits, and funding from Canonical; Ubuntu also hints at a Rust-based NTP rewrite and future Rust-driven enhancements.

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