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Ubuntu 26.10 Moves cp, mv and rm Over To Rust Coreutils For 100% Transition

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Ubuntu 26.10 completes its transition to Rust Coreutils, with cp, mv, and rm now provided by memory-safe Rust implementations.

Ubuntu 26.10's draft release notes confirm the Rust Coreutils transition is 100% complete, with cp, mv, and rm now coming from the uutils project instead of GNU Coreutils. Earlier releases kept the GNU versions due to compatibility issues. The stable release is expected on October 15.

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While Ubuntu Linux has been making use of the Rust Coreutils project over the past year since Ubuntu 25. 10 as an alternative to GNU Coreutils and part of their effort to get more system components implemented in the memory-safety-focused Rust programming language, Ubuntu 26. 10 finally completes the transition with the cp, mv, and rm commands now coming from Rust Coreutils.

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