{
  "id": 10329550,
  "title": "Rust Coreutils 0.12 vs GNU 9.12: almost everything works the same, starting a process costs nearly 3x more",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/rust-coreutils-0-12-vs-gnu-9-12-almost-everything-works-the-same",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-28T01:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/efraingaray/rust-coreutils-012-vs-gnu-912-almost-everything-works-the-same-starting-a-process-costs-nearly-3i46"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I measured Rust Coreutils (uutils) 0.12 against GNU coreutils 9.12 in containers with limits: the full GNU test suite, 157 commands with their output compared byte for byte, and process start-up. uutils is slower in 91 of 157 cells. It takes 2.8x longer to launch 5,000 processes. mv between disks loses the timestamps . Where each one wins, the full command matrix, and whether it's ready to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}