cm0002@piefed.world to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agoGNU Coreutils 9.8 Released With New Featureswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down13
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkGNU Coreutils 9.8 Released With New Featureswww.phoronix.comcm0002@piefed.world to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoWhat does GNU coreutils compete with, out of curiosity?
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agouutils is coreutils re-written in Rust that Ubuntu just switched to by default in 25.10
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoMust be pretty mature then in that case. What are the benefits compared to regular old GNU coreutils?
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoIn the old days, many decades ago now, the main competitor was always the open source BSD implementation of these utilities — and they’re still around: https://codeberg.org/dcantrell/bsdutils
Competition is a good thing.
What does GNU coreutils compete with, out of curiosity?
uutilsis coreutils re-written in Rust that Ubuntu just switched to by default in 25.10Must be pretty mature then in that case.
What are the benefits compared to regular old GNU coreutils?
In the old days, many decades ago now, the main competitor was always the open source BSD implementation of these utilities — and they’re still around:
https://codeberg.org/dcantrell/bsdutils