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Grub2
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Easy to install and setup
Only requires 2 commands most of the time (i.e. grub-install ... and grub-mkconfig ...).
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Slower boot times
Grub has slower boot times than most other bootloaders.
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Support for a large number of Operating Systems
Grub can load a large number of operating systems, not just Linux.
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Fully-featured also means harder to wrap your head around
Grub has a lot of features that other boot loaders may not have. But this also means more time spent on the documentation if you want to know the ins and outs of it.
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Easily locates a kernel file
Grub is very file-system aware. This way, it can easily locate a kernel file which is residing in the file system without having to specify a logical-sector.
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Has an interactive CLI
Grub has an interactive command line interface which can be very helpful at times if anything goes wrong during the boot process, especially after a fresh install or after a kernel update.
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Supports BIOS
Has BIOS support unlike other bootloaders which only support efi or uefi.
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systemd-boot (Gummiboot)
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Simple to install and maintain
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Part of systemd
Just another pointless feature for an init system.
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Very fast
Loads instantly
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Only works on UEFI
systemd-boot can only boot EFISTUB kernels
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Terrible to debug
Like everything else on systemd, the problem starts if something goes wrong.
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LILO
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Supports any filesystem
LILO does not rely on the file system to locate the kernel, instead it points to the first logical sector of the kernel file. Because it practically works around the file system, it supports any file system available.
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Support will be dropped on December 2015
The maintainer has announced that support for LILO will be dropped on December 2015 because of several limitations of LILO itself. Though development may again restart in the future and the maintainer is looking for people to continue the project.
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Compact and fast
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Can only load Linux
LILO (Linux Loader) can only be used to load Linux.
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BURG
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No more updates
The project seems dead and haven't had any updated since 2013.
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Graphical
A big con is that it can show graphical menu to select your OS and there are numerous built-in themes to choose from. Also you can easily install others.
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Based on GRUB
Since it's based on GRUB, it can handle everything GRUB can, which means it's pretty full-featured.
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Windows Boot Manager
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Only recognizes Windows filesystem
Windows Boot Manager can only recognize Windows-specific file systems.
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Default Windows bootloader
Since Windows Vista this has been the default bootloader for any Windows OS. This means that it should work perfectly fine with any Windows installation without the need for further configuration.
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Unreliable
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Windows safe mode
Can boot up in safe mode.
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No themes
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Includes WinRE
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Still using Windows 8 theme (Metro)
Even in Windows 11, that should be redesigned glassmorphically (Fluent).
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