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I wonder if I shouldn't have said anything about Ubuntu in recent entries. I
found out that they are going to be ditching the GNU coreutils, and instead
going with ones written in Rust[1]. I'm not a developer and I don't understand
all the details, particularly Rust, but I'm not really jumping for joy at this
news. As many others have said, If it ain't broke don't fix it.

I saw a video that talking about Ubuntu's move, and the possible motivation
behind it. A lot of commenters stated there are political motives, and others
argued back and forth, so I gave up reading. I am aware of things going on in
the FOSS community, but only on a superficial level. I would rather remain
ignorant of it all, if for nothing but my own sanity.

I have two other machines for which I have to make alternate plans, and this
thing with Ubuntu has me thinking of going with Garuda Linux. I don't have much
experience with Arch-based Linuxen, but it appears to be well suited towards
gaming. And visually it is really stunning. I mean the different flavors are
really gorgeous.

Yesterday we woke up to a very cold Tokyo. It was rainy, then it snowed, and
then there was thunder and lightening. It snowed so hard that it stuck in spots
around the city, and it made the evening news. By the afternoon it had already
gone away, and we had a really nice sunset. Today it was quite warm in the sun,
but cold in the shade, especially when the wind blew. I belive that means that
Spring is nearly here.

Instead of spending my day off reading people's online bickering, I grabbed a
camera and some rolls of film and went for a nice walk downtown. The cherry
blossoms are not out yet, but according to the news they should be out soon.



[1]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ubuntu-2510-plans-to-swap-gnu-coreutils-
for-rust/ar-AA1Beaxn