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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

People are still using GRUB to dual boot? It’s not 2010 anymore. systemd-boot is the objectively superior choice.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

I just unplug the exposed SATA cable from one ssd and plug it into the other SSD. I am the bootloader

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is systemd-boot a bootloader?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s a boot manager, technically.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

How does it compare to refind?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

does systemd-boot require a distro that runs systemd or is it just the name

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It’s part of systemd, just for those that use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good for people that use systemd... what about the rest of us...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All six of you Luddites? You figure it out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You should really take a closer look at the Void user base...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Loud doesn’t mean numerous. Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and Manjaro take up almost all of the desktop install market.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, and it's a big market... all 6% of it.

My point was, systemd is not the only init system, there are others. Just because it's used by over 90% of the Linux distros out there, doesn't mean it's the only one, thus offering a solution that is tied to systemd is not exactly a solution. Grub already has it figured out, why complicate things further.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

laughs in rEFInd

also systemd-boot is just worse GRUB, CMV

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have no desire to engage with an objectively incorrect view. However, you are the second person to mention refind which I am unfamiliar with and I'm intrigued.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

systemd-boot is GRUB but without customization and fewer supported features (LLVM root etc). What more is there to say?

rEFInd is (as the name implies) an EFI bootloader that, on every boot, scans all attached storage devices for a bootable partition and presents all those found in a boot menu with a quite nice graphical theme