{"slug": "fwupd", "name": "fwupd", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 3.465, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-01-01", "latest": "2026-07-18", "why": "On linux I use fwupdmgr to upgrade the firmware on my dell laptop.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "On linux I use fwupdmgr to upgrade the firmware on my dell laptop.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "fwupd.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://fwupd.org/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["fwupd"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 783334960, "item_id": 48958435, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958435", "by": "VorpalWay", "date": "2026-07-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On Linux https://fwupd.org/ is a database for vendor firmware", "excerpt": "There is no reason we need a badly coded vendor control panel to install firmware upgrades though. On Linux https://fwupd.org/ is a database for vendor firmware, and you use one shared open source took to install upgrades for all devices attached to your system.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"}, {"id": 770034320, "item_id": 48127145, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48127145", "by": "cogman10", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's actually easier to handle on linux than it is on windows now", "excerpt": "Believe it or not, it's actually easier to handle on linux than it is on windows now [1]. Normal caveats apply, it depends on your HW manufacturer. However, a lot of them are participating which makes it pretty slick. And, assuming your are doing x86, you probably already have an EFI partition so even doing motherboard bios updates isn't much of a big deal. You just drop the update in the FAT32 EFI partition, reboot,", "context": "", "use_case": "Firmware updates", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"}, {"id": 743346480, "item_id": 46459155, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459155", "by": "BadBadJellyBean", "date": "2026-01-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On linux I use fwupdmgr to upgrade the firmware on my dell laptop.", "excerpt": "On linux I use fwupdmgr to upgrade the firmware on my dell laptop. Not sure if that works for servers though.", "context": "", "use_case": "firmware updates on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["firmware updates on linux", "firmware updates"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087887", "title": "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956688", "title": "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111545", "title": "Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence \u2013 Coming Fall 2026 \u2013 Googlebook", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48031261", "title": "StarFighter 16-Inch", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457027", "title": "Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 3, "recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 783334960, "item_id": 48958435, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958435", "by": "VorpalWay", "date": "2026-07-18", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On Linux https://fwupd.org/ is a database for vendor firmware", "excerpt": "There is no reason we need a badly coded vendor control panel to install firmware upgrades though. On Linux https://fwupd.org/ is a database for vendor firmware, and you use one shared open source took to install upgrades for all devices attached to your system.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"}, {"id": 770093344, "item_id": 48130834, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130834", "by": "isityettime", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "All the distros that support it use the same system, fwupd", "excerpt": "All the distros that support it use the same system, fwupd: https://fwupd.org/ It's the same tool the person you were replying to was pointing at via the Arch wiki. It's pretty standard. I'd expect most distros to support it by now.", "context": "", "use_case": "Firmware updates on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"}, {"id": 770034320, "item_id": 48127145, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48127145", "by": "cogman10", "date": "2026-05-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's actually easier to handle on linux than it is on windows now", "excerpt": "Believe it or not, it's actually easier to handle on linux than it is on windows now [1]. Normal caveats apply, it depends on your HW manufacturer. However, a lot of them are participating which makes it pretty slick. And, assuming your are doing x86, you probably already have an EFI partition so even doing motherboard bios updates isn't much of a big deal. You just drop the update in the FAT32 EFI partition, reboot,", "context": "", "use_case": "Firmware updates", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"}, {"id": 769856256, "item_id": 48116016, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116016", "by": "Topfi", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "ChromeOS uses fwupd [0] for those things, literally the same toolset", "excerpt": "> ChromeOS ships an optimized, platform-specific kernel, built using LLVM with LTO and AutoFDO. Ok. How significant is the difference they gain from that? If this yields such major gains, there must be benchmarks showcasing it. At the same time, there must be reasons why something isn't widely adopted if it can provided tangible upsides. Would be very surprised if Clear Linux (rip) and similar in spirit distros didn'", "context": "", "use_case": "firmware updates", "switched_from": "", "story": "Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence \u2013 Coming Fall 2026 \u2013 Googlebook"}, {"id": 768640273, "item_id": 48040017, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040017", "by": "puzzlingcaptcha", "date": "2026-05-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "https://fwupd.org/lvfs/search?value=starlite", "excerpt": "I suppose that depends on how recent is what you consider recent. I'd have hoped with the coreboot upstreaming effort they would keep official releases coming a bit longer. You can see the last release for Starlite Mk IV is from 2024: https://fwupd.org/lvfs/search?value=starlite These seem to be the SKUs they are building roms for: https://github.com/StarLabsLtd/firmware/tree/capsules/roms", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "StarFighter 16-Inch"}, {"id": 743346480, "item_id": 46459155, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459155", "by": "BadBadJellyBean", "date": "2026-01-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "On linux I use fwupdmgr to upgrade the firmware on my dell laptop.", "excerpt": "On linux I use fwupdmgr to upgrade the firmware on my dell laptop. Not sure if that works for servers though.", "context": "", "use_case": "firmware updates on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points"}]}