Linux Firmware Updater adds initial community support for ASUS ROG Ally and ROG Ally X

By Liam Dawe - 25 November 2024 at 1:52 pm UTC

fwupd is a great tool to update firmware easily on Linux and version 2.0.2 was just released, bringing new features and support for more devices. By default, it pulls from the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), where hardware vendors can officially put up their firmware. Hopefully more hardware vendors will use it over time, quite a few already do.

On top of bug fixes and a few new features version 2.0.2 is out now bringing support for these devices:

ASUS ROG Ally and ROG Ally X (initial support, community provided).
Google GID8 headset.
j5create USB-C JCD373.
Logitech Sight (as standalone device).
MNT Pocket Reform.
Netprisma LCUR57 and FCUN69.
Parade PS188.
Quectel DFOTA devices.
Raspberry Pi Pico.
SteelSeries Nova 5.
Telink DFU-HID devices.

Nice to see some handheld gaming PCs get some support in there. Although it would be great if ASUS put it up directly. If you're interested in the ROG Ally support, it's from this linked pull request.

In related news Valve recently fixed up a Steam Input bug with the ROG Ally X, plus at the end of October the latest Bazzite release also improved Linux support on the ROG Ally series.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: ASUS, Hardware, Misc, Open Source

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razze about 2 hours ago

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curious about the steelseries addition, but have a different one - but I don't think I've ever seen a patch for those. the website also doesn't seem to list those headsets (yet?)

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