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Why update bios on Dell running Ubuntu?

hooplah · 2016-07-23 09:30:58

So I picked up an old Dell laptop and have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. The bios on the machine is from 2009. I see that there was a series of updates released up to 2013. I'm not having any problems [yet], is there any point or expected performance boost to updating?…

23-07-2016 10:30AM

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hooplah

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So I picked up an old Dell laptop and have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it.

The bios on the machine is from 2009. I see that there was a series of updates released up to 2013.

I'm not having any problems [yet], is there any point or expected performance boost to updating?

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=J0N6Y

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#2 23-07-2016 11:40AM

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Read what the updates address and you will have your answer.

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