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Switched from GRUB to Limine today
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hellmo_luciferrari lemmy.zip hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-09
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I am always tinkering with my setup. Isn't that that normal for many linux users, especially Arch users?

I have for many years used GRUB, and have touched on using systemd-boot. I ditched systemd-boot rather quickly because I wanted to be able to list snapshots within GRUB and was happy with that until one day I couldn't for the life of me get snapshots to restore upon loading one.

So I started looking around; and found Limine, limine-snapper-sync, and Liminie-mkinitcpio-hook

After finding those, I pulled out a spare machine to test doing a clean install with Limine and proceeded to install snapper, and the above packages for syncing, along with snap-pac. I found it quite easy to use. I even tested restoring a snapshot. It was flawless for my use case.

So I then converted my laptop from GRUB to limine, and then my gaming rig.

I am quite happy with it.

What bootloader do you use, and why?

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Tarambor lemmy.world Tarambor@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-18
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Switched from systemd-boot to Limine. I dual boot with Windows and Limine just handles having Windows on a separate drive much better...just auto-detects Windows EFI partition and bootloader and chucks it in the menu.

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