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<p>LinuxBoot is a <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a> project aimed at replacing most of the Driver Execution Environment (DXE) modules in <a href="/facts/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/w86VGmy2">Unified Extensible Firmware Interface</a> (UEFI) firmware with the <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux kernel</a>. LinuxBoot must run on top of hardware initialisation software in order to start. This can be the Pre-<a href="/facts/Extensible_Firmware_Interface/w86VGmy2">EFI</a> Initialization (PEI) part of UEFI, <a href="/facts/Coreboot/GIeazmzw">coreboot</a>, or <a href="/facts/Das_U-Boot/ePTYfLk1">U-Boot</a>. It can boot Linux through the <a href="/facts/Kexec/Hc0cGXpA">kexec</a> <a href="/facts/Syscall/NW44AFJr">syscall</a>, but is also able to boot <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> with a different method. </p>