Ubuntu May Swap GnuPG for Rust PGP

Ubuntu 26.10 will ship Sequoia PGP (a Rust library and tools) preinstalled and Canonical says it aims to make it the default replacement for GnuPG in a future release. Sequoia implements the newer OpenPGP revision (RFC 9580) and is a library‑first design, which changes how apps integrate encryption compared with GnuPG's CLI‑centric model. — If a leading distribution moves its default OpenPGP stack from GnuPG to a Rust implementation that follows a different standards branch, it reshapes cryptographic toolchains, interoperability, and supply‑chain trust across open‑source software.