So the new #coreutils #uutils are now developed on a proprietary and exclusive platform. And I don't get it.
Rewrite it in #Rust, ok. Emancipate from #GNU and #Stallmann, ok. I get it.
But why on Earth put it in a walled garden, drag more users and contributors into a walled garden, and expand dependencies on Big Tech even for the base of #Linux systems? Why can't we have people who are both technically skilled *and* conceive basic freedoms and digital independence?
What is your favorite #digipres tool?
Mine is GNU #coreutils 
!!!
The January GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali features 17 new releases, including #Artanis, #Coreutils, #Ed, #GNUMTools, #GNUParallel, #GNUShepherd, and more! Read it here: https://u.fsf.org/45o Big thanks to @bandali, all the devs, and other contributors!
As the maintainer of @rust #coreutils in @fedora it's exciting to see this talk by @sylvestre who's the inceptor of the project and its @debian maintainer
#GNU #coreutils 9.6 is out:
https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10715
A few highlights:
* cksum -a now supports the "crc32b" option
* ls now supports the --sort=name option
* printf now supports indexed arguments
* test supports the POSIX:2024 specified '<' and '>' operators with strings
* cksum -a crc, makes use of AVX2, AVX512, and ARMv8 SIMD extensions
* wc now reads a minimum of 256KiB at a time […] was seen to increase wc -l performance by about 10% when reading cached files on modern systems.
TIL that we can easily convert a list of values with new lines to a space separated list of values using the "paste" command:
```
$ cat servers.txt
server1
server2
server3
```
To
```
$ paste -sd ' ' < servers.txt
server1 server2 server3
```
It's ridiculous clickbait anyway, on the order of those "1 simple trick" articles, and as they do providing pretty much zero useful information.
For starters: GNU coreutils's "rm" has a check for the root directory, and has had for about 21 years; the default being to fail the command given in the article for about 18 years.
Good news everybody! @uutils's @rust rewrite of #coreutils in @fedora is getting #ACL and #SELinux support soon!
Grab packages from the #COPR repo to get this early
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/salimma/rust-coreutils/
FLOSS Weekly Episode 792: Rust Coreutils - This week Jonathan Bennett and Jeff Massie chat with Sylvestre Ledru about the Rus... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/floss-weekly-episode-792-rust-coreutils/ #hackadaycolumns #flossweekly #coreutils #podcasts #rust
It has come to my attention that there are only 2 public sponsors for uutils, the team that maintains the #rust version of #coreutils.
https://github.com/sponsors/uutils
I think they deserve a bit more than that.
#linux #opensource #foss
I was sending a minor PR to the uutils / #coreutils project regarding a breaking test on #NetBSD and thought its a good opportunity to record a video and:
- talk about the uutils/coreutils which is a rewrite of coreutils in Rust
- show the #NetBSD env and do some coding in it
- Show the flow of sending a PR on #github
GNU #coreutils 9.5 is out:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-03/msg00006.html
Some highlights:
* cp,mv,install,cat,split now read and write a minimum of 256KiB at a time […] increase throughput by 10-20% […]
* chmod adds support for -h, -H,-L,-P, and --dereference options […]
* cp now accepts the --keep-directory-symlink option (like tar) […]
* mv now accepts an --exchange option, which causes the source and destination to be exchanged […]
* tail now supports following multiple processes […]
How to break long files in smaller parts based on delimiters? Using the `csplit` utility!
https://linuxhandbook.com/csplit-command
#csplit #Linux #GNU #CoreUtils #Command
Uutils Rules: Yeeting GNU Coreutils from my System
On my first blog post, I explain how I installed uutils on openSUSE Tumbleweed - completely removing gnu coreutils. Everything went surprisingly smoothly!
https://luana.dev.br/2023/10/01/uutils-rules.html
#Linux #uutils #coreutils #openSUSE @opensuse #musl #blog #OpenSource
Coreutils Gotchashttps://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils-gotchas.html
We make very careful considerations about the interface and operation of the #GNU #coreutils, but unfortunately due to backwards compatibility reasons, some behaviours or defaults of these utilities can be confusing.
GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month including #Binutils, #Coreutils, #Emacs, #Gama, #Glibc, #Lilypond, "LinuxLibre #Poke, and more. Full details: https://u.fsf.org/40h Big thanks to @bandali0 @bandali, all the devs, and other contributors!
How to break long files in smaller parts based on delimiters? Using the `csplit` utility!
https://linuxhandbook.com/csplit-command
#csplit #Linux #GNU #CoreUtils #Command
How to break long files in smaller parts based on delimiters? Using the `csplit` utility!
https://linuxhandbook.com/csplit-command
#csplit #Linux #GNU #CoreUtils #Command
#GNU #Coreutils 9.2 - Now Avoids cp/mv Allocating Too Much Memory
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.2
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1637879541778489352
Luana
