How to update BIOS on a system that only use Linux as OS.

Asking this because some clowns at Acer decided that they will only provide BIOS updates through Windows Update.

Edit: I’m not talking about installing the BIOS file. They don’t even provide BIOS file in the first place.

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I called the “technical” support regarding this issue. And they said they’ll only support Windows.

Making your entire hardware reliant on particular proprietary software like Windows is just stupid.

Never buying Acer again.

At this point, I don’t even know which vendor to buy, when everybody is shit.

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Tuxedo, Framework, Slimbook, System76, Starlabs are Linux-first vendors with an excellent track record.

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3mdeb, Novacustom, Pine64

Minisforum is also said to work well.

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I know and Framework is just mouth watering. And Chad76 created their own distro and DE.

it’s just sad that they are not selling on my country.

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Framework uses proprietary BIOS. They ditched coreboot, which is pretty bad.

Afaik they were also a lot behind on updates.

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Any of these European or (even better) UK based…?

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Yes. Tuxedo is German, Slimbook Spanish, Starlabs British, NovaCustom Dutch… Framework is US/Taiwanese but sells within select EU countries and the UK. AFAIK S76 is US/Canada only.

Edit: most of these actually ship worldwide but won’t collect VAT and probably won’t honor warranty claims outside their territory.

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Have a look at Starlabs. You can choose coreboot

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