https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/adopting-sudo-rs-by-default-in-ubuntu-25-10/60583
Introduction
Following on from Carefully But Purposefully Oxidising Ubuntu 84, Ubuntu will be the first major Linux distribution to adopt sudo-rs as the default implementation of sudo, in partnership with the Trifecta Tech Foundation
The change will be effective from the release of Ubuntu 25.10..
What is sudo-rs?
sudo-rs is a reimplementation of the traditional sudo tool, written in Rust…The sudo command has long served as the defacto means of privilege escalation on Linux. As described in the original post , Rust provides strong guarantees against certain classes of memory-safety issues, which is pivotal for components at the privilege boundary…
