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PC Running Linux Mint: Use MS-Only Software to Fix It?

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday June 11 2017, @10:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the writing-instructions-for-dummies dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

fit-PC sells a box (the Intense PC) that is rebranded as the MintBox 2, which has Linux Mint preinstalled, with the Linux Mint project getting a cut of the profits.

Clement Lefebvre, the honcho at Linux Mint, notes[1] that the firmware has a security vulnerability which needs to be patched. Hilariously, the manufacturer's instructions call out a MS Windows-only tool.

[1] In the comments there, Clem responds to Kim, saying that Linux Mint has the tools available to get the job done. In the comments attached to a clickbait article at BetaNews, it was mentioned that dd (sometimes referred to as Data Dump), an app that comes with pretty much every Linux distro, will also do the task.

[Ed Note: The vast majority of fit-PC's products also come in Windows flavors. They are NOT a Linux only company. - cmn32480]

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  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday June 12 2017, @12:25AM (1 child)

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Monday June 12 2017, @12:25AM (#524047) Journal

    This has ALWAYS been a problem.

    What, exactly, has "always" been a problem?

    -- PC firmware developers releasing a Windows-only patch? Yeah, that's been a consistent problem.
    -- PC firmware developers releasing Windows-only patches for computers marketed as being "Linux compatible" or even sold with Linux installed as an option? Yep, that's happened too.
    -- PC firmware developers releasing Windows-only patches for computer models specifically marketed ONLY to Linux users AND which contain the name of a Linux distro in their name ("MintBox") AND have a distro logo on the computer itself?

    Maybe that last one has happened before, though I haven't heard of it. You have to admit it's a bit of a more egregious issue than the first one, because the company is specifically modifying and marketing these models to Linux users.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @03:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @03:22AM (#524104)

    You're tiresome.