Ubuntu UEFI update HOWTO

7 Dec 2023

In 2023, there must be a Linux-friendly way of updating UEFI (BIOS) on a ThinkPad. It turns out there is!

Here are my notes:

$ su -
# fwupdmgr get-devices
# dmidecode -s bios-version
# fwupdmgr refresh
# fwupdmgr refresh --force
# fwupdmgr get-updates
# fwupdmgr update