Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes: > On 24/03/2025 15:23, Ralph Aichinger wrote: >> Product Name: HP ZBook Fury 16 G10 Mobile Workstation PC > [...] >> Support is so good, that when I go into "Software" in the Gnome >> applications menu, It will show me if a new firmware for the Thunderbolt >> dock is available, and suggest to install it. > > Be careful with HP laptops. Firmware (BIOS) update for many models are > officially supported using Windows applications only. For a discussion > of update from Linux see > https://gist.github.com/eNV25/c8001491dc0440656ff7b0ae18993ba1 > Fortunately in my case it is possible to extract a firmware update > file from provided .exe without wine or Windows and to put it at the > proper path (not the one described in BIOS though). > > I am pleased to see that now HP provides updates suitable for fwupd > for some models: > https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/#hp-ws > I recommend to check this page before buying a new box (other vendors > are listed as well).
Another caveat regarding HP is that some older EliteBook models may have a keyboard without a 'insert' key. I unfortunately have one, namely an EliteBook 840 G6, and I rely on 'insert' very heavily. Instead it has a 'pick up telephone' and 'hang up telephone' in the area where I would have expected 'insert', i.e. top right-hand corner. The solution of adding an appropriate .Xmodmap file was simple in the end but it took me quite a while to figure it out. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under constuction.
