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  • Ubuntu Switches Back To GRUB2 For SecureBoot

    Phoronix: Ubuntu Switches Back To GRUB2 For SecureBoot

    Canonical has reversed their stance on the boot-loader to use for Ubuntu Linux when dealing with UEFI SecureBoot...

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  • #2
    Meh, I knew this would come.

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    • #3
      Good news.

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      • #4
        Really great. It now takes two seconds to render the boot menu

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        • #5
          You dont need grub when you use efi. Did you ever try without?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Kano View Post
            You dont need grub when you use efi. Did you ever try without?
            Never bothered, since it was working fine until I upgraded to Kubuntu 12.10beta. That installed GRUB2 and made a mess, but I didn't have time to look into it yet.

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            • #7
              And your system uses uefi? You mean it updated from grub 1.99 to 2.00 i think?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Kano View Post
                And your system uses uefi? You mean it updated from grub 1.99 to 2.00 i think?
                Yes and yes.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by bug77 View Post
                  Really great. It now takes two seconds to render the boot menu
                  Ubuntu only displays the menu if you have multiple operating systems. It's no different then how it used to be.

                  Originally posted by bug77 View Post
                  Never bothered, since it was working fine until I upgraded to Kubuntu 12.10beta. That installed GRUB2 and made a mess, but I didn't have time to look into it yet.
                  The switch from GRUB to GRUB2 happened with Ubuntu 9.10. The difference between 1.99 and 2.00 is a few bug fixes, features and that is is now no longer considered beta.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by bug77 View Post
                    Really great. It now takes two seconds to render the boot menu
                    GRUB has been slow to load for me since around 10.04, and only in Ubuntu and derivatives. It's speedy for every other distro. You wouldn't think that a bootloader would need lots of distro-specific patches but it seems like they must add them.

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