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Does dnf/rpm-ostree update firmware drivers in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its fwupd which does the firmware updates , gnome software access it for updates . The cli version is fwupdmgr.

Quick Question for which one to pick in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mint has a more noob friendly approach with almost everything having a ui and it is Ubuntu under the hood so there wouldn't be extra to learn after switching. Popularity wise mint is one of the best stable distros with Ubuntu as its base with community support as well so if you have doubts you can most probably find the answer just by searching

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tried that as well but that as well uses usb boot so that is also net detecting

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How do you reset the firmware ?

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Factory defaults tried that

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Power through usb and the same on battery

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 2 points 3 months ago

Same I have already given up on it as well

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I have completed the windows setup with the usual 3 partition and I used Ubuntu as well but booting is not the problem, the bios just doesn't seem to pick up the pendrive

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago

Tried that as well no luck

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The only other option is diagnostics that also doesnt work

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago

It's gpt due to the disk management, I went with it.

Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 in c/[email protected]

[–] Dotdev 1 points 3 months ago

I just got it this monday

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Solved :USB Boot not showing in Thinkpad e14 (self.linux)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Dotdev to c/[email protected]

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As the title says, my bootable usb is not showing up in the boot menu for my ThinkPad e14 AMD ryzen 5 7530u , gen 5 I think. I have disabled secure boot in the uefi and disabled fast startup in windows. Am I missing anything ? Note: this is my first time using a uefi bios so I don't know if there are any other kinks to mess with .

Edit : I contacted lenovo support for the above issue but even they couldn't find the answer so I guess won't be using linux for this laptop. But since it's for uni I guess it's fine. I will just use WSL

Edit 2: Reinstalled the bios , the usb boots now . Finally slapped opensuse on it and now running it

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Laptop recommendation for a cs student under $600 or in India 50,000 INR (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dotdev to c/[email protected]

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Well i started my B tech course this year, I am looking for a laptop for my use case. I am using linux as a main os for 3 years.

The laptop which i currently use is a Dell Inspiron N5110. Its a pretty old machine so i am currently looking for an upgrade.

Things which I do :

Read documents
Watch videos and listen to music
Light coding
Tinker with almost everything
Try new software if i can.

I REALLY need a a laptop with good cooling and battery life like 5 hours is fine.