Ubuntu 26.04 is splitting its linux-firmware package into vendor-specific sub-packages (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, etc).
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Ubuntu 26.04 is splitting its linux-firmware package into vendor-specific sub-packages (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, etc).
Why? To save bandwidth – no need for a tiny security patch to require re-downloading the 600MB+ archive, so this is good news if you're on a patchy or metered connection.
Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will split its 600MB linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific packages to reduce bandwidth and download sizes of firmware updates.
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Ubuntu 26.04 is splitting its linux-firmware package into vendor-specific sub-packages (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, etc).
Why? To save bandwidth – no need for a tiny security patch to require re-downloading the 600MB+ archive, so this is good news if you're on a patchy or metered connection.
Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will split its 600MB linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific packages to reduce bandwidth and download sizes of firmware updates.
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
@omgubuntu Isn't this the default on many distros for quite a while now?
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Ubuntu 26.04 is splitting its linux-firmware package into vendor-specific sub-packages (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, etc).
Why? To save bandwidth – no need for a tiny security patch to require re-downloading the 600MB+ archive, so this is good news if you're on a patchy or metered connection.
Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will split its 600MB linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific packages to reduce bandwidth and download sizes of firmware updates.
OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
@omgubuntu I hope that this won't break upgrades.
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