Arch Linux and firmware/BIOS updates

One area Linux has made quite a lot of progress in is the ability for people to get firmware and BIOS updates for their devices. This used to be a massive PITA but thanks largely to the Linux Vendor Firmware Service and its associated tooling (fwupd, fwupdmgr) this has become a lot simpler. Quite a few vendors support this nowadays and deliver firmware and BIOS updates through LVFS. Most of this is thanks to @hughsie so if you run into him, say thank you or offer him a drink!

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