Ubuntu wants to strip some of GRUB features in 26.10 for security purposes

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069

Streamlining secure boot for 26.10

Ubuntu systems support secure boot using grub. grub contains a lot of parsers for file systems and other things which are a constant source of security issues. In 26.10, we’d like to propose removing the following features from signed GRUB builds: Filesystems Remove btrfs, hfsplus, xfs, zfs Retain ext4, fat, iso9660 (and squashfs for snaps) Image formats: Remove jpeg, png Retain none We do not use images, but using that in your grub.cfg locally is a massive security risk (if even still al...

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Have they replaced it with grub-rs yet?

On a more serious note, grub is ancient bloatware, it is way overcomplicated for what it does, it's asking to be replaced by systemd-boot distro-wide.

Look at Apple and Microsoft's bootloaders, they are dead simple and have barely changed in 20 years, it makes you wonder how the hell grub was even conceived. It has config files for config files.

grub tries to do the kitchen sink. But we live in a UEFI world now. Boot is simple. None of that is necessary anymore.

Bring back Lilo!