Having actually ported Linux to a new platform...I'd honestly say I can't see live starting from an app actually being easier than booting from a bootloader. N

Having actually ported Linux to a new platform...I'd honestly say I can't see live starting from an app actually being easier than booting from a bootloader. Now: Making it so the bootloader can be installed as an app via an open source project and compiling for the developer program, now that's a worthy goal and intermediary step.