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Shoutout to fwupd for updating device firmware(github.com)

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It updated a Thinkpad dock with no issues while on Windows, I had to find specific drivers and sketchy update utilities. Awesome!

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I see, that’s plenty fair enough, although I don’t think they meant it quite so literally (but rather as a method of lightening their support requests - I don’t have any fwupd capable hardware AFAIK however I get the feeling fwupd is pretty popular).

I find it really cool what Nix/Guix are doing and I give major props to their communities for what they’ve pulled off, for what its worth.

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Oh that’s awesome! Although I can’t say I’m surprised, the last I heard Nixpkgs had more packages than the AUR, which is certainly no small feat.

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