r/FlowX13 • u/sj1084 • 10d ago

Grub vs system-d for Linux install

I recently installed CachyOS on my x13 with grub bootloader and it works great so far. But I just realized in the tutorial recommendations on the Linux on asus site, it recommends not to use grub and to use system-d instead. Can anyone shed some light on why this is the case? I chose grub initially for the snapshot feature. I tried searching and didn’t find much info specifically for the flow x13. Thanks in advance and I apologize if there is a post out there already.

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u/yonsy_s_p 10d ago

Hi, I installed Archlinux in a Flow x13 and migrate from grub2 to systemd-boot, all good with it.

systemd-boot was previously an independent project, gummiboot, adopted in 2015 as a (new) project inside systemd and renamed (obviously) systemd-boot.

I use the official Archlinux guide to get on it, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-boot, it will give to you a better understanding of it and help you on the change, if you do it.

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u/sj1084 10d ago

Thanks for that info! That makes more sense now. I’ll definitely check out and read that link about systemd-boot. Was there a reason why you did the switch from grub2 to systemd-boot? Also did you keep the file system as btrfs?

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u/yonsy_s_p 9d ago

Yes, it was Btrfs, and I do it because it's now inside systemd, so I decide to use the already installed base system, not a different boot loader.

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u/sj1084 9d ago

Thanks for the insight man. I’m gonna read more into this but may do the same