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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
Press Backspace 28 times: Pwn Unlucky Linux Systems Running GRUB


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:40AM (4 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:40AM (#501747) Homepage Journal

    ya gotta love free software.

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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:20PM (#502021)

    Yup, gotta love it. Even if it is any good, it may be 2045 before you see it included in your favourite distro.