It seems Linux Mint is dropping GNU coreutils in favor of rust-coreutils following Ubuntu. (blog.linuxmint.com)

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Clem talks about that in the comments. What are some no hassle, Debian based, rustless distros as alternative to Mint?

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[-] Scoopta@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not OP but maybe it's not specifically rust that's the problem but the fact that uutils is not actually a fully compatible replacement yet and he just wants gnutils

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