The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo
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The Ubuntu 26.04 Rust sudo is not compatible with standard sudo was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 91 checks on 3 different days. Its best position was #2 of 25, reached on Nov 3, 17:51 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 13:21 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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To be fair: The sudo-rs project pretty clearly states that it does not aim to cover every feature that sudo has. Their README says so right in the first few lines. Sudo is under a permissive license, just like the rust port. I fail to see what the license problem is in this case.
this feels like conflating two goals of why you might want to rewrite something like this in rust. - memory safety (good motivator for rust specifically here) - cleaning up tech debt, learning lessons (not as rust specific) if you’re naming yourself after an existing project and then tagging that language onto the…
I’ve been part of Ubuntu since the very beginning (see https://ploum.net/2024-10-20-20years-linux-desktop-part1.html ). The initial goal of Ubuntu was "Debian for newbies". Now, let’s be honest: keeping sane on Ubuntu is a nightmare. I installed Ubuntu on my daughter laptop because I thought she would have less…
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#2 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 3, 17:51 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (91 checks) since.