Ubuntu 25.10's Rust Coreutils Transition Has Uncovered Performance Shortcomings
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Ubuntu's transition to Rust Coreutils in version 25.10 has revealed performance issues.
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The team working on Rust coreutils have been loving the feedback wider testing provides, and I am sure that 25.10's wide usage will enable Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to be confident in the new stack. It will also enable other distros to consider making the same change.