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Fwupd 1.9.19 Supports New Docks, Incorporates More Fixes

Written by Michael Larabel in LVFS on 3 May 2024 at 07:19 AM EDT. 9 Comments

LVFS/Fwupd lead developer Richard Hughes has released Fwupd 1.9.19 as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems.

Fwupd 1.9.19 enables new hardware support including for the Acer U32 dock, Luxshare 7-in-1 dock, and Pixart models 2404, 4206, 2440, 2418, 2752, 2840 and 2818.

Fwupd 1.9.19 also adds support for drop heap as part of the housekeeping action and for retrying downloads to workaround flakey network connections. There are also several bug fixes.

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Details on the bug fixes and downloads for this incremental Fwupd 1.9.19 update can be found via GitHub.

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