Rusty Linux

Simple script to install basic Rust apps as alternative to default one

Why?

Most linux tools are written in C(and C++) for performance and history reasons.

This language is still very popular, but I know from experience that it is very easy to make a mistake in it, which results in memory integrity violation, often resulting in program shutdown, or even worse, in data corruption or leaks.

One of the potential solutions to these problems is to use Rust language providing comparable performance, offering elimination of many types of typical bugs already at the compilation stage.

Although rewriting software from C(or similar) may initially require a lot of work, when adding new features, the programmer will be able to save time on detecting memory corruption (address sanitizer, valgrind) or memory leaks (leak sanitizer, valgrind).

Creating memory safe and big application(>100K code) in C language is almost impossible because every bigger change brings a huge amount of bugs (Rust from all of them will of course magically not protect).

Of course, Rust is not a silver bullet, so it is also worth considering popular and mature apps in another languages.

Install apps

To install apps you need just download this script, remove unwanted apps and run it

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qarmin/Rusty-Linux/main/RustyLinux.sh
xdg-open RustyLinux.sh
chmod +x RustyLinux.sh
./RustyLinux.sh

Upgrade

To upgrade apps, just run again script. This will install only newer version of packages.

List of apps with replacements

Cli app	Rust app	Description
ls	eza	List content(files/dirs) in dir
cd	zoxide	Changes the current directory.
sed	sd	Text stream editor.
vim	amp	Text editor.
coreutils	coreutils uutils	Basic Unix utilities.
cat	bat	Concatenates and displays file content.
grep	ripgrep	Searches text using patterns.
du	dust	Estimates disk usage.
df	dysk	Get information on filesystems.
dig	dog	DNS query tool.
find	fd	Searches for files and directories.
rm	rip	Removes files or directories.
locate	lolcate	Quickly finds files.
curl	websocat	Data transfer tool.
hexdump	hx	Displays files in hexadecimal format
ps	procs	Lists process information.
top	bottom	Displays system processes and resources.
cut/awk	choose	Text processing tools
sort/uniq -c	uniqtoo	Sorts and counts lines.
make	just	Build automation tool.
htop	zenith	Interactive system monitor.
jq	jql	Command-line JSON processor.
gnome-terminal	alacritty	Text-based system interface.
cloc	tokei	Counts lines of code
bc	eva	Command-line calculator.
tree	broot	Displays directory structure.
Gomu	termamusic	Music player
?	hyperfine	benchmark tool

Gui app	Rust app	Description
Eye of gnome	emulsion	Image Viewer
gnome-system-monitor	process viewer	Provides system performance info
gnome-text-editor	gxi	Text editor

| Etcher/Rufus/Ventoy | popsicle | Creates bootable USB drives | | FSlint | czkawka, fclones-gui | Removes unnecessary files/duplicates. | | Bulky, Nautilus Renamer | szyszka | Bulk File/Folder renamer | | Strawberry | amberol | Music player | | Godot | Fyrox | Game engine | | Gnome, KDE Plasma | Cosmic DE | Desktop environment | | VLC, mpv | ? | Video player | | Gimp/inkscape | ? | Graphic editor | | Cheese | ? | Camera | | Qbittorrent/Transmission | ? | Torrent downloader |

Contribute

If you know about some good Rust application for Linux, which is alternative to existing one, please create pull-request or new issue about it.

This applications should be active and newest commit should be younger than 1 year.