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> I get firmware updates when I do an apt-get no other os does this... Be so very careful about this. Ubu did that for me behind my back on my dell laptop and
by harry8 3y ago
> I get firmware updates when I do an apt-get no other os does this...
Be so very careful about this.
Ubu did that for me behind my back on my dell laptop and bricked the thing by silently making it so that if you closed the lid and put it in your bag it would fry. Expensive way to find out about that bios feature, uh, change. I was spending a lot of time by a hospital bed when it happened and needed my laptop to be a goddamn laptop, close the lid, in the bag 10 seconds notice because this is important.
Sure that's 99% dell's fault and you can't even contact them to ask if this is really what they consider acceptable in any way, sure.
But yes I'm angry and bitter about it still. Why are ubu pushing an update like that at me implictly saying "this is fine" when it's not remotely close to fine?
eh bitter.
- gonzo41 3y agoI had a funny experience like this. I got a lenovo bios update via ubuntu. I didn't really notice until I rebooted. Which took a bit of time. So I did what every impatient programmer does. I disconnected the power, took out the battery, did a hard reboot. I did everything you shouldn't do during a bios update. Not my smartest moment. Though, the update worked and everything's been fine since.
- miyuru 3y agoPretty sure its a dell bug, because it happened to my dell laptop running windows as well.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoOf course the firmware bug is from Dell, but it's Ubuntu automatically installing it that made the user experience it out of the blue.