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Ubuntu [distrowatch.com] users will see a few changes to their command line tools with the launch of Ubuntu 25.10 in October. The >wget [gnu.org] utility for downloading files is being replaced by >wcurl [github.com] which offers most of the same basic functionality. It's FOSS reports [itsfoss.com]: "Ubuntu Server 25.10 will no longer include wget by default, switching to wcurl instead.

Fresh installations will see this change when 25.10 releases in October. wget has been the standard command-line download tool on Linux systems for years. Most server administrators and scripts rely on its straightforward syntax for file downloads. On the other hand, wcurl is a simple curl wrapper that lets you download files without remembering curl parameters, using curl under the hood with sane defaults."

The report goes on to note another GNU utility, the screen [gnu.org] command, will be dropped in favour of Tmux [github.com].

::: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20041 [distrowatch.com]

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