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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

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:16PM (3 children)

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:16PM (#501712) Homepage

    You have been eaten by a gnu.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:58PM (#501729)

    Today's SSDD comic is a text adventure.

    SomewhereGame [poisonedminds.com] [javascript required]

    In the end, you are eaten by a grue.
  • (Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:27AM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:27AM (#501744)

    oops, bumped a grubus.

    (the grubus has moved.)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:56AM (#501769)

    My sister was bit by a gnü once.