One of the most interesting features that are going to land for GNOME is called fwupd, and it should be available in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as well. This will only happen if fwupd and GNOME Software land.
Discussions about fwupd and all the benefits that it could bring have been going on for some time. This new method is the result of a collaboration between GNOME and Dell developers. In theory, if this manages to get enough attention from the community and vendors. The current situation is not really working for Linux users…
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