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   dirb (dirb@pleroma.dirb.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 10:46:35 JST dirb
   it feels nice not needing windows to update my firmware
   
   thanks fwupd
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 22:47:13 JST 翠星石

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     @dirb >He is glad that proprietary UEFI software is being installed onto "his" computer.
     When I want to update GNUboot, I just run flashrom.
     
     Most UEFI's can be updated just fine without windows (via the UEFI settings and sometimes a DOS executable that runs under a FreeDOS (useful for flashing at least an ME-cleaned BIOS image when the BIOS installer refuses to install modified images - although I use a fully free server now)), so I'm not sure where the "needing windows" came from.