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Add Talks & Media page with FOSDEM talks, podcast and video
References FOSDEM 2023/2025/2026 talks, Open Source Security Podcast episode, and Rust Nation UK 2024 video. Added link in navigation bar.
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title = "Talks & Media"
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# Talks
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## FOSDEM 2026 — Rust Coreutils in Ubuntu
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*Sylvestre Ledru — February 1, 2026*
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Yes, we rewrote `/bin/true` in Rust — Here's what really happened. Which obscure behaviours scripts secretly depend on, how packaging Essential tools can turn one missing corner-case into a boot failure, and what we learned shipping Rust coreutils in Ubuntu.
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- [Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DTYYL9-rust-coreutils/)
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- [Slides](https://sylvestre.ledru.info/presentations/coreutils-fosdem-2026/)
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## FOSDEM 2025 — Rewriting the future of the Linux essential packages in Rust?
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*Sylvestre Ledru — February 1, 2025*
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The Linux ecosystem depends on core utilities written decades ago in C, but modern needs demand safer, more maintainable tools. This talk covers the uutils project's effort to reimagine essential Linux tools in Rust, including coreutils, findutils, and diffutils.
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- [Schedule](https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6196-rewriting-the-future-of-the-linux-essential-packages-in-rust-/)
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- [Slides](https://sylvestre.ledru.info/coreutils-fosdem-2025/)
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## FOSDEM 2023 — Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust)
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*Sylvestre Ledru — February 5, 2023*
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How a community spawned to reimplement the coreutils in Rust, enabling achievements like booting Debian and compiling Firefox and the Linux kernel with these reimplementations.
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- [Schedule](https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/rust_coreutils/)
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- [Slides](https://sylvestre.ledru.info/presentations/coreutils-fosdem-2023/)
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# Podcasts
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## Open Source Security Podcast — Rust coreutils with Sylvestre Ledru
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*March 2, 2026*
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Josh interviews Sylvestre Ledru about rewriting GNU coreutils in Rust — modernizing legacy code, attracting new contributors, the positive relationship with GNU coreutils developers, Ubuntu's adoption plans, and future directions.
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- [Listen](https://opensourcesecuritypodcast.libsyn.com/rust-coreutils-with-sylvestre-ledru)
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# Videos
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## Rust Nation UK 2024 — Rewriting the GNU Coreutils in Rust
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*Sylvestre Ledru*
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An overview of the uutils coreutils project, its goals, challenges, and the path toward replacing GNU coreutils in Linux distributions.
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- [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu2sxy6OR54)

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<a href="/blog">Blog</a>
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<a href="/talks">Talks</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/uutils_/">Twitter</a>
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<a href="https://mastodon.social/@uutils" rel="me">Mastodon</a>
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<a href="/gsoc">GSOC</a>

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