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The tesco bootloader (programming.dev)

submitted 6 days ago by irelephant@programming.dev to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev

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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 32 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Is this a GRUB reskin?

[–] franzbroetchen@feddit.org 51 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No, its the "Tesco Bootloader™", duh 🙄

[–] Laser@feddit.org 8 points 5 days ago

I love the idea that they have a complete technology stack from silicon to every application they run and we just happened to catch a glimpse into the bootloader layer of it.

[–] enbee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago

Sad that folks don’t know about the glory of the Tesco Booter

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's ventoy.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

Ventoy uses grub, so both correct

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago

I could entirely see a british company reinventing the wheel (badly) with their own bootloader.

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

Looks like it