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   bonkmaykr to Farley Flud   
   Re: I Laugh At Grub Users   
   16 Dec 25 16:35:11   
   
   From: bonkymaykr@canithesis.org   
      
   Farley Flud wrote:   
   > Most, if not all, GNU/Linux distros have converged on Grub   
   > as their booting software.   
   >   
   > I have never used Grub but I hear that it is a bitch to   
   > implement (but most users don't implement anything anyway).   
   >   
   > My choice for GNU/Linux booting is syslinux/extlinux:   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > Syslinux is super-easy to employ, so easy that I would call   
   > it a "dream."   
   >   
   > Why, why, why would anyone want to use anything else?   
   >   
   > Brother, if you ain't using syslinux/extlinux as your booting   
   > software then please, please, run, don't walk, to the nearest   
   > neurology clinic.  You are overdue for a brain scan.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Have you considered that people do not react well to being talked down   
   to over their choice of software? Very especially when you do not have   
   an intelligent justification   
      
   --   
   *bonkmaykr*   
   Director, Programming Lead   
      
      
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