GNU GRUB
GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader, commonly referred to as GRUB) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. GRUB is the reference implementation of the Free Software Foundation's Multiboot Specification, which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple operating systems installed on a computer or select a specific kernel configuration available on a particular operating system's partitions.
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| Original author(s) | Erich Boleyn |
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| Developer(s) | GNU Project |
| Initial release | 1995 |
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| Written in | Assembly, C |
| Operating system | Linux, GNU/Hurd, macOS, BSD, (Solaris/ illumos (x86 port)), and Windows (through chainloading) |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, IA-64, ARM, PowerPC, s390x, MIPS, RISC-V and SPARC |
| Available in | English and others |
| Type | Bootloader |
| License | 2007: GPL-3.0-or-later 1999: GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
GNU GRUB was developed from a package called the Grand Unified Bootloader (a play on Grand Unified Theory). It is predominantly used for Unix-like systems.
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