GNU coreutils
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jul 14, 2026first mention
Oct 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“this foundational software which I use every. single. day.”
“the ones written in C are the most reliable (such as vim, bash, coreutils, terminals, X11¹, ... also larger software such as gimp, blender)”
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“the things I used regularly like GNU coreutils, Firefox, Linux, vim, git”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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“this foundational software which I use every. single. day.”
“the ones written in C are the most reliable (such as vim, bash, coreutils, terminals, X11¹, ... also larger software such as gimp, blender)”
“the things I used regularly like GNU coreutils, Firefox, Linux, vim, git”