🐧 sudo-rs adds a keyboard shortcut to quickly hide password feedback

The Rust-based version of sudo shows password feedback by default in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, upending nearly 40 years of learned (and confusing) behaviour. Broadly, that decision has been well received, ...

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sudo-rs adds a keyboard shortcut to quickly hide password feedback - OMG! Ubuntu

The Rust-based version of sudo shows password feedback by default in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, upending nearly 40 years of learned (and confusing) behaviour.

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