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Acer Begins Publishing UEFI Firmware Updates For Linux Users On LVFS For Fwupd
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostThey don't support Windows either for that matter. Only update method offered is to copy the firmware on a flash drive, reboot in UEFI settings and then use its own tool to do the job.
That's already good enough.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostI don't understand what you are saying here.
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Originally posted by amdtesterman View Postsorry, bad spelling, the asus bios system update is better because it can be update through the bios itself, much better than be supported randomly by LVFS, because acer have 1 only model, but dell has little more.. only a few.
Manual install through UEFI settings menu is a good fallback system, but it's not better than a repository for all firmware updates with an updater daemon.
The number of laptops will grow once the manufacturer has set up their firmware for using LVFS (UEFI capsule) system for their updates as they reuse the same "base" for many devices.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostNo it's not better because it relies on the user to actually check some website for his device, and this website can be utter shit (for example for Acer) so finding a firmware can be annoying. Or of course the user can use crapware "updaters" from the hardware manufacturer if he is still using Windows, but they are bad.
Manual install through UEFI settings menu is a good fallback system, but it's not better than a repository for all firmware updates with an updater daemon.
The number of laptops will grow once the manufacturer has set up their firmware for using LVFS (UEFI capsule) system for their updates as they reuse the same "base" for many devices.
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Originally posted by amdtesterman View Postmore options to update bios are better than less, do you agree with me ?
I think is better to rely on your capacity to update the bios always you want it, than the capacity of the vendor in giving you the possibility to do so but in automatic way that can never comes to you
I was talking on the long run, if vendors start using LVFS it's going to be so much better. Also for Windows, as LVFS per-se isn't Linux-only, anything can access the repo and download stuff and send it to the UEFI firmware through the "UEFI capsule" feature of the firmware, just as it works on Linux.
it is better to have the option in ALL the laptops than only a few but in automatic way
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For Acer's margins, you would think they would be at the forefront of linux on a $300 good enough computer. But they are damn near as useless as Apple. This gives me some hope for their future on linux, even though they can't code their way out of a paper bag.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostYes. I never said LVFS should replace all methods.
You mean that at this moment it is better a system that works than one that currently does not? Yeah I'm not a moron, that's obvious.
I was talking on the long run, if vendors start using LVFS it's going to be so much better. Also for Windows, as LVFS per-se isn't Linux-only, anything can access the repo and download stuff and send it to the UEFI firmware through the "UEFI capsule" feature of the firmware, just as it works on Linux.
More obvious statements. Yes, LVDS can take off only if vendors start loading all their firmware there, if it stays like it is now it's only a toy. But please note that there is growth in LVDS usage over time.
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