<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Checking the English grammar the page is very readable and understandable. Except for the last two items, these are very minor errors:<br><br>para 1, line 1:<br>...dedicated to easily collecting....<br><br>Understanding the Samsung Update Software program, line 2:<br></div>Ultrabook (upper case u)<br><br></div>Replicating the steps manually, after the first wget statement:<br></div>...which will return.... (I'm almost certain that's the correct term)<br><br></div>What remains to be tested:<br></div>...if the EXE file can be run.... <br>The last sentence has no verb. (these last two are the only glaring grammatical errors)<br><br></div>- Bruce Hyatt<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Andrea Lazzarotto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrea.lazzarotto@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrea.lazzarotto@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Dear Christopher and other contributors,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">thank you for your message (and thanks also for sending me a copy privately, but don't worry I am subscribed).</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">2016-02-23 23:25 GMT+01:00 Christopher M. Penalver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christopher.m.penalver@gmail.com" target="_blank">christopher.m.penalver@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>my initial understanding of the change was that it didn't have a fully contained way to find the BIOS update for a given model, and apply it. <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Ehm, I guess my first choice for the heading was not very clear.</div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>However, it may be of higher usefulness to present the method in a "do these keyboard click-for-click steps, with the least explanation to confirm a BIOS update is available" way, as if one is the user who doesn't really care about understanding anything, and just wants the steps to perform to move forward.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>My fault. I am used to write directions on my blog. Since I hate when other people instruct to do stuff without explaining what it does, I tend to be very verbose.</div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>A rough skeleton would be:<br></div>1) Run <tt>sudo dmidecode -t0 to find the the Platform ID.<br></tt><div>2) Place this in the URL and download.<br></div><div>3) Update via precise method(s) (in progress).<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I like this option, but the details should still be available somewhere.</div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Despite this, regarding the placement of this information, it still seems better suited to be in <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate</a>, offering a "one stop shop" nature of BIOS updating that the article intends.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>But it's quite long while the other sections look very short. Should we do a separate subpage?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Putting such a method at the bottom of a tangentially related article [...] instead of in the main one seems to not place it in the most useful location for folks who are looking to update their BIOS.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes... partially. For now the procedure tells you what is the most recent BIOS version. I believe this is also related to SamsungBIOS:</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><i>This page is dedicated to easily collect BIOS versions seen in the wild or available to download for Samsung computers</i></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>As a side note, I think there was an error in my markup. In the last sentence it should read "The ROM file can be flashed by using [...]".</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Also, could someone who is a native English speaker check my grammar on the page? :) Italy is not well known for the level of English taught in schools or academia. ;)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',Palatino,Palladio,'URW Palladio L','Book Antiqua','Nimbus Roman No9 L',Garamond,'Apple Garamond','ITC Garamond Narrow',Georgia,serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-style:italic">Andrea Lazzarotto<br> <a style="color:rgb(51,51,204)" href="http://andrealazzarotto.com" target="_blank">http://andrealazzarotto.com</a><br> <a style="color:rgb(204,51,51)" href="http://lazza.dk" target="_blank">http://lazza.dk</a><br></div></div></div>
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