I am always tinkering with my setup. Isn’t that that normal for many linux users, especially Arch users?
I have for many years used GRUB, and have touched on using systemd-boot. I ditched systemd-boot rather quickly because I wanted to be able to list snapshots within GRUB and was happy with that until one day I couldn’t for the life of me get snapshots to restore upon loading one.
So I started looking around; and found Limine, limine-snapper-sync, and Liminie-mkinitcpio-hook
After finding those, I pulled out a spare machine to test doing a clean install with Limine and proceeded to install snapper, and the above packages for syncing, along with snap-pac. I found it quite easy to use. I even tested restoring a snapshot. It was flawless for my use case.
So I then converted my laptop from GRUB to limine, and then my gaming rig.
I am quite happy with it.
What bootloader do you use, and why?
I don’t use a bootloader anymore. I was using systemd-boot for a while, but switched to just use efi stub a couple of years ago. I just use the efi boot menu if I need to use a different partition to boot from, otherwise my system just bits immediately and skips the bootloader step.
Never went that route but I may try it on akother machine.
Same with me. I didn’t feel the need to choose or confirm something every boot on day to day use. If I need to boot somewhere else, then I could always go to the BIOS/UEFI