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Dell & Lenovo Now Sponsoring The Linux Vendor Firmware Service
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A costco HP I grabbed in a pinch has been rocking linux without any issues from day one.
Good for you. In my anedocte, Pavillions were a removed to install Linux.
I have an HP Envy from several years ago and the BIOS is super locked down so I can't enable secure boot on it. With my previous HP laptop, I had a ton of trouble getting the WiFi to work
That's really odd. I have a pavilion of similar age and I enabled secureboot without issue. Old HP and wifi is pain and suffering.
Maybe there's a way, but I looked all over the settings and internet and even had an AI agent do a search for how to enroll my keys and couldn't figure it out
Also how old is this envy? Exact guide I followed. I built mine from source as I run Debian on that laptop.
I have an HP pavilion x360 from 2017. https://youtube.com/watch?v=FhJYj57qQCI