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On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:20:07 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> And I'm guessing, as you mentioned, the wait will be longer than what
> they're currently claiming. But we'll see. I know there was a lot of
> controversy over the SystemD(?) boot loader when it came out but I never
> ran into any problems with it. I think Caldera (one of my original
> experiments with Linux) used something called "LILO" as the boot loader.

I didn't follow it closely enough to know how much was Rust and how much 
was the Asura project. I got the impression Torvalds though Asura should 
FOAD. 

LILO, now there's a blast from the past.