BIOS/EFI updates have shown up on my ThinkPad T490 under Fedora.
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OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
On Linux, I run fwupdmgr to periodically check for firmware updates. Not every manufacturer supports it yet, but I’ve had good results with a few laptops.
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 3 months ago
vahtos@programming.dev 3 months ago
It does support bios updates. That’s how I do mine on my laptop (a Lenovo).
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 3 months ago
I’m not familiar with
fwupdmgr, so I’m not sure either about it delivering bios updates. A good tool to know about for sure, though!
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
You could even set up a cron job for it, or (at least on Arch) create a Pacman hook that runs
fwupdmgrevery time you update your system