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rEFInd
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Automatic kernel discovery
REFInd is really good with automatically with finding your operating systems, leaving all that manual configuration as totally optional.
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EFI only
REFInd supports only EFI or UEFI systems which, while common on the latest systems, is a relatively new technology. BIOS-based systems are not supported.
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Beautiful theme support
REFInd allows easy theming with fonts, icons and backgrounds to give you a customized and beautiful graphical bootloader.
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Buggy mouse support
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EFI only
Focuses on one type of system.
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Text based configs
It can be configured with text files.
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Easy to install, easy command
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Hard
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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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