#Coreutils
Notes on coreutils in Rust · Alex Gaynor
alexgaynor.net
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
people when it comes to Rust: "I won't use it because there's not multiple implementations"

people when it comes to coreutils in Rust: "How dare someone write a second implementation"
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
the version of head provided by coreutils on ubuntu somehow just crashed maybe the chuds were right about rust
March 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Rust Coreutils 0.12 fixes all Ubuntu-prioritized issues, improves GNU compatibility, removes expr’s last C dependency, and expands Windows support.
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#RustLang #OpenSource
Rust Coreutils 0.12 Improves Ubuntu Compatibility
Rust Coreutils 0.12 fixes all Ubuntu-prioritized issues, improves GNU compatibility, removes expr’s last C dependency, and expands Windows support.
linuxiac.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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March 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
alpine aarch64 kernel, musl libc, BSD + Toybox coreutils, dinit, libressl, ZFS, wayland... my halo-halo of a linux distro is taking a weird shape and its not a wildebeest
March 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
a something i've been hacking on:

✨ pdsfs: mount #atproto PDS repositories as a FUSE filesystem!

more info in the repo's readme: tangled.sh/@oppi.li/pdsfs

i've fetched my top 10 @rocksky.app artists with just jq and coreutils:
July 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.8-Released
Rust Coreutils 0.8 Brings Significant Performance Gains
Rust Coreutils 0.8 was released today as the newest major release to this alternative to GNU Coreutils...
www.phoronix.com
April 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Not to spoil the article, but Alex perfectly lays out the reasons of why Ubuntu switching from coreutils to the Rust-based reimplementation uutils is a great idea — EVEN if coreutils were perfect and bug-free.
Notes on coreutils in Rust · Alex Gaynor
alexgaynor.net
March 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
sexy GNU coreutils source code
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released With Performance Optimizations, New uname Option - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.12
GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released With Performance Optimizations, New uname Option
GNU Coreutils 9.12 released today with a mix of fixes, some new options, and various performance improvements to these widely-used set of core system utilities...
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September 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
`sudo apt-get remove coreutils-from-uutils --allow-remove-essential `
This should install coreutils-from-gnu.

This is the quintessence of something that must be bug-compatible. It's not ready for real use.
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🖥️🐧 Coreutils for Windows : les commandes Linux débarquent dans Windows 11

👉 www.justgeek.fr/coreutils-fo...

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Coreutils for Windows : les commandes Linux débarquent dans Windows 11
Microsoft apporte plus de 75 commandes Linux à Windows 11 avec Coreutils for Windows. Voici comment l'installer et l'utiliser.
www.justgeek.fr
June 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM