Joking aside, some stuff are currently really hard in Rust, but the rate of change slowed down, and all I can see now is everyday ergonomic improvements, so there is hope for (slightly) simpler syntax in the future.
And if you really need a linked-list type structure, and are competent to make it and use it properly/safely, unsafe {} is waiting for you.
Specifically, linked lists do well when objects are: 1. Large, specifically 100s of bytes 2. Moved frequently between collections 3. Intrusively linked (meaning that the pointers are part of the struct, not a separate library) and 4. Never randomly accessed
One size does not fit all when it comes to performance of list structures, unfortunately. In particular, large items tend to break standard library structures, since they are not the usual case.
I'm personally not entirely sold on Rust's memory safety model, though I did learn to work with it when I was getting paid to work in it.