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Firmware overload

Firmware overload

On the 9th of december I received a notificaton about new firmware for my laptop. As mentionted on my previous post [https://vleeuwen.net/firmware-happiness/] I would take screenshot to show how it looks like. See the picture below. djvl@antares ~> sudo fwupdmgr get-updates XPS 13 7390 System Firmware

Firmware happiness

Firmware happiness

I am quite used to install operating system updates on deb and rpm based Linux distros. This is usually a simple update && upgrade. But firmware updates on Linux is a pain in the ass, until now I discovered recently on my new laptop [https://vleeuwen.net/linux-pre-installed-laptop/]. Thanks

Linux pre-installed laptop

Linux pre-installed laptop

Yesterday I received my first laptop which had Ubuntu pre-installed. It is a Dell XPS 13 developer edition (7390). The idea is to replace the large workstation under the desk with this system to be more flexible at the workplace. It was a really nice first impression to see most