Systemd-boot: Difference between revisions

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| genre = UEFI [[bootloader]]

| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]]

| website = {{URL|http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummibootsystemd/systemd-boot/}}

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'''gummiboot''' is an [[open source]] [[boot loader]] for systems using the [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface]]. Developed by the [[Red Hat]] employees [[Kay Sievers]] and [[Harald Hoyer]], it is intended to be a minimal alternative to [[GNU GRUB]] that "just works"{{emdash}}it automatically detects bootable images (including Linux kernel images, operating systems, and other boot loaders), does not require a configuration file, provides a basic menu interface, and can also integrate with [[systemd]] to provide performance data. Its name comes from a [[German language|German]] word referring to an [[inflatable boat]].<ref name="theh-gummi" />