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u-root: reword introduction
Signed-off-by: Daniel Maslowski <[email protected]>
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# All about u-root
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u-root is an embeddable root file system intended to be placed in a flash
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device as part of the firmware image, along with a Linux kernel. All the u-root
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utilities, roughly corresponding to standard Unix utilities, are written in [Go,
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a modern, type-safe language with garbage collection and language-level support
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for concurrency and inter-process communication](./u-root-golang.md).
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The u-root project consists of a build tool and sources to generate a root file
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system for use with a Linux kernel, suitable as part of a firmware image stored
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in a flash device. All the u-root utilities, roughly corresponding to standard
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Unix utilities, are written in [Go, a modern, type-safe language](./u-root-golang.md)
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with garbage collection and out-of-the-box support for concurrency.
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u-root blurs the line between script-based distros such as Perl Linux[^24] and
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binary-based distros such as BusyBox[^26]. It has the flexibility of Perl Linux

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