LINUX Unplugged 636: Engineering the Future
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Oct 13, 2025 Join Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of Engineering, as he dives into the exciting plans for Ubuntu 25.10, including the shift to a monthly release cadence and the introduction of Rust core utilities. Carl Richell, CEO of System76, gives insights on the COSMIC desktop's design and its unique features, while engineer Jeremy Soller discusses its modular architecture. They also explore how COSMIC supports diverse workflows and works smoothly across different distros. It's a fascinating look at the future of Linux engineering!
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Be Public About Engineering Work
- Make engineering communication public and regular to restore community visibility and engagement.
- Encourage weekly posts from teams to share progress and invite feedback.
Rust Tools As A Proving Ground
- Ubuntu 25.10 trials Rust implementations for core utilities and sudo to improve safety and maintainability.
- They treat this release as a proving ground while diverting back utilities where issues remain.
Edge Cases Found By Scale
- Early Rust utility changes exposed edge cases like date formatting and directory traversal that broke some package builds.
- Ubuntu triaged and diverted affected utilities back to GNU until fixes landed.