gka :ubuntu: :budgie:  

since when are laptops capable of doing automatic BIOS firmware updates? this is my dell xps13 after a normal reboot. like where did the computer even get the update from? i am confused... linuxrocks.online/media/VnbiJl

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Dhruva Lokegaonkar  

@gka automatic bios updates have been a thing for quite a few years now. I think HP and Dell laptops do that.

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gka :ubuntu: :budgie:  

@kensp one of the new features the update brought is that the laptops cpu fan is running constantly now :( htop shows cpu no 6 on high usage but not app is consuming more than one or two percent.. linuxrocks.online/media/UC9Eun

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xaver artix
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@gka @kensp Closed source bios, checking for updates regularly. Basically this is a built-in backdoor to the machine (and not only on this laptop but on every other device having the same feature). This is why projects like Libreboot or Coreboot are so important.

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