On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon at decoulon.ch> wrote: > > Okay, it's 1.98 so it's still beta, so why do ditributions use > it (and don't give any choice on install. grub2's not beta; it's just a victim of a bizarre gnu numbering philosophy. Using your reasoning, grub1's beta too because it's version is 0.97.