coreutils ships with Ubunutu 26.04, albeit with a number of caveats.

Package: rust-coreutils 
Version: 0.8.0-0ubuntu3 
Priority: required 
Section: utils 
Origin: Ubuntu 
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> 
Original-Maintainer: Debian Rust Maintainers <pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net> 
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug 
Installed-Size: 16.0 MB 
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.43), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~) 
Conflicts: coreutils-from-uutils (<< 0.0.0~ubuntu22~) 
Homepage: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils 
Task: minimal 
Download-Size: 4,235 kB 
APT-Manual-Installed: no 
APT-Sources: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute/main amd64 Packages 
Description: Universal coreutils utils, written in Rust 
 This packages replaces the GNU coreutils package written in C. 
 It should be a drop-in replacement but: 
  Some options have NOT been implemented, 
  Might have important bugs, 
  Might be slower, 
  Output of the binaries might be slightly different. 

 

What a nob

Good idea if the transport links were reliable. Public transport outside of London is dogshit though.

With Windows 12 rumoured to be a subscription model, yes definitely. Enterprise will buy up the subscriptions, home users will look elsewhere. Apple will take its share of course, their products are too pricey for a lot of people though. Linux is the only real option for folks who value owning their data.