Timeline for Why do most distributions chain UEFI and grub?
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| Jul 20, 2013 at 16:35 | comment | added | user | @Johan msw is free to edit that point into the answer, I don't mind. (It isn't enough to be an answer on its own, IMO.) Both Tobu and goldlilocks touch on the issue as well. | |
| Jul 20, 2013 at 15:38 | comment | added | Johan | The above comment by @MichaelKjörling should be in an Answer. Switching to a new boot loader is very very risky. Distro-creators want their users to have a good experience, but more than that, they want everey single potential new user to have a flawless first time experience. I am sorry that I called distribution a "distro", but it felt OK in conjunction with creators. | |
| Jul 20, 2013 at 13:43 | comment | added | user | Not only is it irritatingly time consuming to test, it is the most irritating code possibly to go wrong. Consider: what do you prefer, some sort of issue while the system is up and running mostly normally, or not being able to even boot the system? The boot loader is definitely one of the pieces of software I feel most strongly about not touching unless it's necessary. | |
| Jul 20, 2013 at 12:28 | history | answered | msw | CC BY-SA 3.0 |