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DEADMINCE on July 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead

> I think Windows even does this now.

Why? What advantage is there for Windows to do this?

jchw on July 10, 2024 [–]

I'm not entirely sure, to be honest. If you google something like "windows 11 advanced startup settings" you'll see what I mean, though: the boot menu is now in Windows.

I guess it allows the bootloader to be much simpler, at least in theory.

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