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GRUB is confusing
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2024
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I agree, Grub is horrendous and one of the most complex systems in linux. Grub2 is even worse, and searching the web for help is difficult as the two are named interchangeably, despite being hugely different in design.
Random files spread over the filesystem. Some you edit, some are done automatically, some are done by kernel upgrades, some you need to run yet more commands for them to work - and it all differs from distro to distro. The sooner more distros move away from this, the better.