As some of you have successfully guessed, HP Inc have been testing the LVFS for a few months now. There are now a few devices by HP available in the stable metadata and there are many more devices planned. If you’ve got a Z2, Z6, Z8, Z440, Z640 or Z840 system then you might want to check for an update in the GNOME Software updates panel or using fwupdmgr update in the terminal. There are quite a few updates with important fixes for various CVEs. I don’t know how many different models of HP hardware they are planning to support, or the order that they will be uploaded but I’m happy with progress.

With the addition of HP, the LVFS now has most major OEMs uploading firmware. There are a few exceptions, but even seemingly-unlikely companies like Microsoft are still interested in shipping firmware on the LVFS in the future. If you want to know more about joining the LVFS, please just send me an email.