Limine is a modern, secure and portable multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager.
It also serves as the reference implementation of the Limine boot protocol.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports BIOS and UEFI systems.
- Supports IA-32, x86-64, AArch64, RISC-V 64 and LoongArch64 architectures.
- Boots Linux kernels using the native Linux boot protocol.
- Supports the Limine, Multiboot 1 and Multiboot 2 boot protocols.
- Offers chainloading support.
- Works with MBR, GPT and unpartitioned media.
- Reads FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and ISO 9660 filesystems.
- Provides a configurable graphical boot menu.
- Includes binary releases and a portable host utility.
Website: github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine
Support:
Developer: Mintsuki and contributors
License: BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License
Limine is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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