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Project Summary
A fully Go userland with Linux bootloaders! u-root can create a one-binary root file system (initramfs) containing a busybox-like set of tools written in Go.
In a Nutshell, u-root...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 233 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2012
ending with its most recent commit 4 days ago
Quick Reference
https://github.com/u-root/u-root
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