Original link: Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust / TheRegister.
Ubuntu 25.04 may switch from GNU coreutils to uutils.
I am a little puzzeled. I can understand that they want to write Linux drivers in Rust as a memory error can cause system crash or security vulnerabilities. I do not see the same need to have the ls and cp commands written in a memory safe language.
If it happens (passing 500 out of 600 tests does not sound convincing to me) and if it catches on among other Linux distributions, then GCC may become the only flagship of GNU.