[$] Ubuntu's GRUBby plans

GNU GRUB 2, mostly justreferred to as GRUB these days, is the most widely used boot loaderfor x86_64 Linux systems. It supports readingfrom a vast selection of filesystems, handles booting modern systemswith UEFI or legacy systems with a BIOS, and even allows users to customize the"splash" image displayed when a system boots. Alas, all of those features come witha price; GRUB has had a paradeof security vulnerabilities over the years. To mitigate some of thoseproblems, Ubuntucore developer and Canonical employee Julian Andres Klode has proposed removinga number of features from GRUB in Ubuntu26.10 to improve GRUB'ssecurity profile. His proposal has not been met with universal acclaim; many of thefeatures Klode would like to remove have vocal proponents.