PublicLewdness @publiclewdness@gameliberty.club

This is on an HP ProBook 455R G6 with Ryzen processor.

Initiated a BIOS update from HP Support Assistant. Rebooted to a blank screen, two orange lights on the keyboard and spinning fans. Just stayed there.

Sinking feeling.

Did some research and found this document:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_3932413-2337994-16

Step 2 is what helped me.

I pressed and held down the Windows key and "v" at the same time, while holding down the power button.

Tried turning on again. It turned itself off after a few seconds. Tried turning on again and it showed the HP logo on the screen and resumed some kind of firmware upgrade operation.

Booted into the the operating system fine after that.

Strong feelings of relief !!!

Note to myself: initiate BIOS update from within BIOS using the HP network BIOS update feature instead of Support Assistant.

#HP #BIOS #hardware #update

Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Beat Straehl, David Almassian, David Klann, Kim Minh Kaplan, and Maks Romih Us for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Elon Musk Slams Australia’s Online Safety Bill as Backdoor to Internet Control

https://reclaimthenet.org/elon-musk-slams-australias-online-safety-bill-as-backdoor-to-internet-control

How often do you usually use #IRC? #Poll #Polls #Tootsday

Submit a talk for the Early Adopter #Tech Summit that's is happening March 14 and 15 in Orlando, Florida. #opensource #openSUSE #SUSECON https://news.opensuse.org/2024/10/14/community-plans-ea-tech-summit/

Donation-Time @kde

Help to keep doing good work! E.g., adopt an app, and KDE can share with the whole world how awesome you are and how much you're doing to support them.

More information: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

#fundraising #kde #donation #support #linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 overview | security functionality and performance for IT environments
#linux #redhat #gnome #opensource
https://youtu.be/4Izm3Am7-sk

Good news, everyone!

#ONLYOFFICE DocSpace, our open-source room-based platform for document management and collaboration, has been updated to version 3.0 offering the following improvements:

All users and guests are now free of charge;

Virtual Data Rooms (VDR);

New user roles;

Support for OAuth2.0;

Improved room and file management;

Special edition for developers — ONLYOFFICE DocSpace Developer.

Read our blog to learn more: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/11/onlyoffice-docspace-3-0-released?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fosstodon

"Schools should teach the value of sharing by setting an example. #FreeSoftware supports #education by allowing the sharing of knowledge and tools." https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-why.html Donate to the FSF to help bring free software to schools around the world.

Your ideas matter! Find out how to join the #openSUSE Work Group shaping our #future! Dive into #governance, look at processes and discuss the #brand. https://news.opensuse.org/2024/11/15/cc-for-involvement-w-governance-rebanding/

Thanks for Explaining Computers with us, @ChrisBarnatt. Love to find people using Rocky Linux in the wild. https://buff.ly/3UZY6lh #

This Thursday we're having a #webinar about support services. That is, practical help with your free and open source project. We'll be discussing: Technical writing, Testing, Translation & localisation, UX testing, & Troubleshooting.
Speakers are the people who provide the support so it is a nice way to get to know them.
The webinar is open to everyone. But note that the services can only be requested by people who've received an #NGI grant. Nov 28, 13.00 CET
https://nlnet.nl/events/20241128/index.html
#NGI0 #FOSS

BOYCOTT foods and manufacturers that use Monsanto products !

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