Good day everyone,
I heard that Ubuntu is going sudo-rs... and abandoning the usual sudo...
My question is will zorin os also have sudo-rs...
(Rust is not quite ready yet)
will zorin os use something that is not ready to work yet, considering that zorin os is very stable and secure
Hi and welcome. Having read the post on Ubuntu Discourse, if what is stated is correct and the implementation is free of bugs, then anything to make the system more secure is to be welcomed:
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It also sounds like even if they plan on making it the default in 26.04, they intend on keeping around the sudo package to be available should any edge cases come around that perhaps need to be addressed before completely removing it.
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I personally think the Zorin team, should remember their mistake, making Wayland the default display manager in Zorin OS 17, which has caused lots of issues. Just cause something is new, doesn't mean its ready.
PS: Don't mess with my Sudo, my right to Sudo shall not be infringed. 
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I agree on Wayland, but that discourse thread has made it clear that sudo will remain and if ever it got removed it could be installed:
If you click on the above link it does not go back to the start of the discourse thread but the one posted about installing sudo if it did disappear (which as I understand it won't ... for now). The whole idea behind it is to prevent malicious attacks in memory space that sudo is vulnerable to.
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I also agree that sudo-rs is an improvement.
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I copied this from a post on that website .....
"As with most implementation details, enthusiasts and experts may have a vested interest (which is being catered to), but average users aren’t expected to even notice."
Does that mean that for the average person like me it will be business as usual or will the way we use the sudo command in the terminal change ???? ....
It would not change terminal commands, polkit or sudoer's configuration.
Using sudo apt install would be the same experience for the end user.
However, sudo-rs as the base package would have better memory security, maintainability long term and address a few long standing bugs.
My opinion can change with future knowledge - but as it is currently, I believe that the change to sudo-rs is a solid and good action.
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Ohhhh, I was running under the assumption, that you had to use the new command. The older I get, the harder it is for me to learn/remember new things. So as long as the old Sudo commands still work, I m quite pleased with that. 
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Which is what I stated in a roundabout way:
As is true with all packages, it will take time before the bug reports roll in.
The presence of bugs, in and of itself, would not mean that the implementation is flawed.
This statement is completely true.
So too, is "Just because something is new, does not mean it is bad."
There is a cost to benefit ratio.
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I can look forward to setting alias please="sudo-rs" when the time comes.
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