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bootvine – live systemd boot and shutdown visualisation

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bootvine visualises systemd startup and shutdown jobs in a live console tree with service timings, dependency context, and failure details.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Boot Utilities

August 19, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Here are 10 useful boot utility tools. They are all free and open source software.

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sbctl – create, enroll and manage Secure Boot keys

August 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

sbctl is a command-line utility for creating, enrolling and managing Secure Boot keys.

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Limine – multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager

August 16, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Limine is a modern, secure and portable multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager.

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rEFInd – EFI boot manager

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer first starts up.

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Plymouth – boot splash and boot logger

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Plymouth provides a splash screen and progress updates during early boot.

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bootchart2 – merge of bootchart-collector and pybootchartgui

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

bootchart2 is a merge of bootchart-collector and pybootchartgui.

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OProfile – statistical profiler

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

OProfile is a low-overhead, transparent system-wide profiler for Linux, capable of instruction-grain profiling of all processes.

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Grub Customizer – configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menu entries

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to alter the Grub 2 settings. It focuses on the individual list order without losing grub’s dynamical behavior.

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e4rat – Ext4 – Reducing Access Times

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

e4rat (“Ext4 – Reducing Access Times”) is a toolset to accelerate the boot process as well as application startups.

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UNetbootin – create bootable Live USB drives

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

UNetbootin (Universal Netbook Installer) creates live USB drives that can install Linux or BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive without a CD.

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Excellent System Utilities: Ventoy – create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files

November 2, 2020 Steve Emms Reviews, Software, System Software, Utilities

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.

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