Richard Hughes of Red Hat just announced the release of Fwupd 2.1.1 as the newest feature update to this solution for deploying system firmware updates and other device/peripheral firmware updates under Linux. Paired with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), Fwupd has made firmware updating a breeze on Linux for an increasing number of devices.

With Fwupd 2.1.1 there is support for updating firmware for a lot of new devices. From new HP and Lenovo devices to different touchscreens, HID devices, various keyboards and more, there is a lot of new hardware support introduced in Fwupd 2.1.1:

- Blestech Touchpads
- ELAN Haptic MCU devices
- FocalTouch devices
- Himax Touchscreens
- HP Engage One G2 Advanced Hub
- KATAR PRO Wireless Gaming Dongle
- Lenovo keyboard and mice accessories
- Lenovo Sapphire Folio Keyboard
- Lightware Taurus HC40 and HC60
- Novatek touchscreens
- PixArt Touchpads
- Rolling RW101-CAT12 modems
- Sunwinon HID devices

Fwupd 2.1.1 also brings a number of fixes, handling for AMD Platform Secure Boot, support for changing the AMD GPU UMA carve-out size, support for emulation for Bluetooth devices, disabling the UEFI plug-ins for 32-bit x86, and various other changes.

Downloads and more details on Fwupd 2.1.1 at GitHub .