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This is honestly a gigantic ad for Dell and Lenovo. Looking at the vendor list substantially changed my opinion on Dell in a matter of minutes.
by zamalek 4y ago
This is honestly a gigantic ad for Dell and Lenovo. Looking at the vendor list substantially changed my opinion on Dell in a matter of minutes.
- booi 4y agoDell has a pretty good record for providing firmware updates without too much hassle. Although it does seem like they ship product with.. a lot of problems. We bought a 10gbit enabled PowerConnect switch only to learn that the “10gbit” part didn’t actually work until they released a new firmware.
- mesebrec 4y agoI just wrote in a different comment that this completely sold me on Dell. I got a Dell laptop from work with Windows on it. Installed Ubuntu and it immediately prompted me to update the firmware. What an amazing experience! I always recommend Dell to people looking for a Linux laptop. Although I hear Lenovo started to get their shit together too in the last few years.
- prmoustache 4y agoI am using both a professional Dell latitude laptop and a personal thinkpad on Fedora and both receive firmware updates. And I am pretty sure I saw the Dell USB-C docking station receiving updates through this too. Not sure this applies also to non Latitude/Thinkpad consumer models though but I tend to never recommend them anyway.
- pxc 4y agoI'm not a huge fan of the kind of laptops Dell sells with Linux on them (thin, poorly ventilated ultraportable donglebooks) or super loyal to the Dell brand or whatever. However, I will say that their Linux laptops I've used have been fine executions of their concepts, and the Linux support, including for firmware updates, has been problem-free even though I don't run the stock OS. They're a good choice for Linux laptops if thin and light ultraportables are your style.