ofchooser - First-stage bootloader for NewWorld Macs

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vasi

New Tinkerer
Oct 20, 2025
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I like running lots of different versions of Linux and Mac OS. But switching between them has always been really annoying, often involving typing odd commands into an Open Firmware console.

So I wrote a little tool to fix this. It allows choosing between as many OSes as you want, with customized keyboard shortcuts for each:
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It's based on yaboot, but it focuses on usability for the first-stage chooser-. Code and instructions are on Github: https://github.com/vasi/ofchooser
 

bakkus

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Mar 18, 2022
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Nice! Not often something new comes along for us weirdos who like tinkering with alternate OSes on these old beasts.
 
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