Bug Squad and a lot of asks to update BIOS

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Phil Wyett (one.ukit at gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it now policy with certain bugs, for the user to be asked to update
> their BIOS? It seems to happening a heck of a lot these days. With the
> inherent danger of BIOS updates and that Ubuntu (Linux for Human Beings)
> has users that are not that technically minded or would shy away from
> such an update - Should it being happening so often?

Yeh I've had a few of those - and I agree it's dangerous.
There are bugs that might very well be fixed by a new BIOS,
but it does need some careful consideration.

Dave

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