Grub2 Worms Into Ubuntu (part 1)

“Grub, n.

1. an informal term for a meal
2. a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other
   insects
3. GRand Unified Bootloader

What is Grub2?

“Grub — the GRand Unified Bootloader — is the program in
charge of booting your computer. When you start up your computer
and get a menu asking you whether you want Windows or Linux —
that’s grub.

“Most of the time it just does its job quietly. But a change is
coming: Ubuntu has switched to a new version called grub2 starting
with the current 9.10 “Karmic koala” release, and other distros may
eventually follow suit.”

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