This is a good very good thing! Let's hope that Dell & Lenovo will also cover their more Consumer oriented devices (Lenovo Yoga, Lenovo Ideapad or Dell Non-Pro or XPS models) instead of just their Business oriented Models (like Dell Latitudes and Thinkpads/Thinkstation)
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Can I update bios on my laptop with this? On the website, Lenovo only offers an exe file for Windows - can't even install it manually in BIOS like I'd normally do on a desktop PC.
Holy moly, $100k a year each. I hope this more than covers LVFS' costs and give them enough headroom to keep improving it.
For these companies it must be pocket change, but that can be a lot of money if the LVFS is efficient enough.
Dell and Lenovo both sell Chromebooks, which technically run a variant of Linux. Those laptops are especially popular in schools.
It’s smart investment on their part and broadens their options longer term.
All in all a net positive on all fronts.
My Thinkpad from 2017 keep getting firmware updates through lvfs for like 7 or 8 years. I was pretty impressed actually.
They also sell laptops and desktops, mostly workstation-class, with Linux preinstalled. I’ve always had great results with fwupd on Lenovo laptops, great to see them sponsoring something useful.
as large hardware vendors, i'm pretty sure they were to getting to the point where they would lose features or even access to the service if they didn't start paying-in.
Lenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too.
Lenovo and Dell laptops are the best for Linux for some time already. Thinkpads get the spotlight but the Latitudes are no hassle too.
A costco HP I grabbed in a pinch has been rocking linux without any issues from day one.
Good for you. In my anedocte, Pavillions were a removed to install Linux.
Thinkpads are supposed to be good (never tried), but i have a normal lenovo ideapad, and there's no firmware update on LVFS...
I had to update the bios using a windows boot disk, and one time it screwed up grub and debian couldnt boot until i fixed it with a liveCD