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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

    Is systemd-boot a bootloader?

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

    It’s a boot manager, technically.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    How does it compare to refind?

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

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

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

    [–] 0x4E4F 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    All six of you Luddites? You figure it out.

    [–] 0x4E4F 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

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

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

    [–] 0x4E4F 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

    laughs in rEFInd

    also systemd-boot is just worse GRUB, CMV

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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