Hoping someone knows why Fedora chooses to still use grub instead of moving to something like systemd-boot, which seems to be the “next” choice for linux…
Seriously, just wondering and not trying to start some age-old flame war.
Thanks, all!
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It takes time to make changes that affect every user. As I understand it fedora is working toward the shift to systemd-boot.
You can search here and find a lot of entries (50+) related to systemd-boot.
There are a few core reasons:
- sd-boot is UEFI only, and Fedora supports legacy BIOS and UEFI on x86
- UEFI is not available on PowerPC or IBM Z
- A number of features we’ve done over the years are GRUB-specific
It is possible to use systemd-boot if you want, but that means accepting the limitations of systemd-boot over other full-featured options.
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I did some kind of testing a few weeks ago and got the fastest systemd-analyze time from the loader with GRUB set at 0 vs systemd-boot. I’m not in a rush to not use GRUB 