Ubuntu Loses Features and Breaks Itself Because Canonical Hired ...

- ##### The New Stack ☛ Ubuntu 25.10 Scraps X11 for Wayland: A Solid Step Forward [Ed: Ubuntu is dropping many features that only X has is not good news; also, it loses compatibility with a lot of software; decisions are made by the blind .] ... Ubuntu’s decision to switch to Rust-based coreutils in 25.10 hasn’t been the smoothest ride, as the latest — albeit now resolved — bug underscores. The distro’s developers are bullish on the security and stability benefits that “oxidising” Ubuntu’s package set with Rust-based tools provide. In 25.10, it plumbed in Rust-based replacements for sudo and coreutils. … - ##### Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System > Ubuntu 25.10 was released earlier this month, bringing with it many improvements like a recent kernel with extended hardware support, GNOME 49 with lockscreen media controls, new default core apps, and the removal of the X11 session. > It also included a major new Rust component called sudo-rs, which replaces the traditional sudo with a Rust-based alternative. But, so far, we have seen a major bug breaking flatpaks on this release, and while it was quickly fixed, another one was recently caught.