Ubuntu 25.10 will replace the sudo command with sudo-rs, a new Rust rewrite designed to improve memory safety and security. What does this mean for users?
We already opened the rust pandoras box with things like librsvg in GNOME (which Ubuntu uses) so more Rust tooling being used is not anything new and should be promoted.
I think this move can be seen as part of Ubuntu’s larger effort in innovating their desktop offering. Ubuntu’s test run of sudo-rs will benefit GNU/Linux as a whole.
We already opened the rust pandoras box with things like librsvg in GNOME (which Ubuntu uses) so more Rust tooling being used is not anything new and should be promoted.
I think this move can be seen as part of Ubuntu’s larger effort in innovating their desktop offering. Ubuntu’s test run of sudo-rs will benefit GNU/Linux as a whole.
More rust please!