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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:17:34
Message-Id: CAA2qdGVteqgpgdrNpohYFqFJWYH8AdMduOuNXb62xYStrFQoZw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? by Neil Bothwick
1 On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote:
4 >
5 > > Subject line says it pretty well. Is grub2 stable, who uses it and can
6 > > you post your experience on the switching process? Was it difficult?
7 >
8 > I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a couple
9 > of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switching process
10 > as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good time
11 > to get to grips with it.
12 >
13 > GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different. If you
14 > try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more problems than if
15 > you approach is as learning a new system.
16 >
17
18 Kind of tangential...
19
20 Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going forward with
21 grub2?
22
23 Rgds,

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Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>