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posted by martyb on Saturday April 29 2017, @09:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the download-it-now dept.

Softpedia News reports that version 2.02 of the GRUB boot loader has been released. Among the many new features are support for LZ4 compression on ZFS, 64-bit ext2, XFS v5, Morse code output and a modem-like output through the PC speaker, Xen paravirtualisation, TrueCrypt ISOs, Apple fat binaries on non-Apple hardware, and 16-bit mode on non-x86 hardware.

Further information:
NEWS file

Related stories:
Windows 8 Update Erases Grub, Enables Secure Boot
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:29AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:29AM (#501760)

    Welcome Mr. Crawford. I remember you from k5. Now all we need is Egil!

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:42AM (1 child)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:42AM (#501764) Homepage Journal

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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:08AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:08AM (#501771)

      Every time I think of kuro5hin, mehs roll down my cheeks.