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It seems Linux Mint is dropping GNU coreutils in favor of rust-coreutils following Ubuntu. (blog.linuxmint.com)
submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev
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Clem talks about that in the comments. What are some no hassle, Debian based, rustless distros as alternative to Mint?

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[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

I mean they have to follow Ubuntu so not surprised you have Linux mint Debian Edition

[-] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Debian also uses Rust. Not the core utils but rust is now a build dep of Debian.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

they have to follow Ubuntu

Will Ubuntu do a hard replacement of coreutils with coreutils-rust, i.e. the usual C implentation of coreutils won't be available anymore?

I assume they will simply install coreutils-rust instead of coreutils while keeping the latter in their repositories. So, in theory, Linux Mint may keep using the C implentated coreutils.

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