Alex DeLorenzo alexdelorenzo

Instructions to Update the BIOS/UEFI for an HP Laptop on Linux

To update the BIOS/UEFI firmware requires HP-specific files in the EFI System Partition, also referred to as ESP.

On a Linux system, the ESP is typically mounted on /boot/efi or /efi. Whithin you should also find a EFI directory, e.g. /boot/efi/EFI or /efi/EFI. This article assumes that the ESP is mounted on /efi and that the /efi/EFI directory exists. You can replace that with the mount point your system uses.

The HP-specific files are located in /efi/EFI/HP or /efi/EFI/Hewlet-Packard. These files typically come preinstalled in HP Windows PCs. If you have these files you could skip Install HP-specific files.

Notes on my Arch Linux installation

Notes on my Arch Linux installation
Create the partitions

A curated list of command-line utilities written in Rust

Note: I have moved this list to a proper repository. I'll leave this gist up, but it won't be updated. To submit an idea, open a PR on the repo.

Note that I have not tried all of these personally, and cannot and do not vouch for all of the tools listed here. In most cases, the descriptions here are copied directly from their code repos. Some may have been abandoned. Investigate before installing/using.

The ones I use regularly include: bat, dust, fd, fend, hyperfine, miniserve, ripgrep, just, cargo-audit and cargo-wipe.

atuin: "Magical shell history"
bandwhich: Terminal bandwidth utilization tool

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# License: GPLv3
	export SCRIPT="${1:-airsonic.script}"

	export TITLE="Airsonic Podcasts"
	export SQL_REGEX="'https?://[^ ,]+','[^']*"
	export TABLE="podcast_channel"
	export DELIM=','

	export TAG_FMT="<outline type='rss' xmlUrl='%s' text='%s' />"

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# See: https://alexdelorenzo.dev/notes/cflags
	# Requires `strs` package for Python: https://github.com/alexdelorenzo/strs/
	# License: AGPLv3
	export detectedArch="$(gcc -march=native -Q --help=target \| grep march \| str col 1 \| str nth 0)"
	export arch="${1:-$detectedArch}"


	get-diff() {
	diff \

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# Copyright 2022 Alex DeLorenzo. Licensed under the AGPLv3.
	#
	# This script requires Bash, byobu, curl, and pup. You can find the latter here:
	# https://github.com/ericchiang/pup
	# For more information, see https://alexdelorenzo.dev/notes/firefox-global-menu
	#
	# Usage:
	# $ ./install_ff.sh amd64
	readonly ARCH="${1:-amd64}"

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	## Author: Alex DeLorenzo
	## Homepage: alexdelorenzo.dev
	## License: GPLv3
	from __future__ import annotations
	from typing import Final, AsyncIterable
	from shutil import rmtree
	from sys import argv
	from asyncio import (
	gather, to_thread, run, Task,

	#!/bin/zsh
	#Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3

	#Disabling unwanted services on macOS 11 Big Sur (11) and macOS Monterey (12)
	#Disabling SIP is required ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
	#Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist


	# user
	TODISABLE=()

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# Requires: Bash, GNU grep and parallel, htmlq, and httpie or xh.
	# Usage:
	# ./find-mirrors.sh ARCH DISTRO REPOSITORY PROTOCOL JOBS
	# Example:
	# ./find-mirrors.sh armhf focal main https 6
	#
	# Copyright 2022 Alex DeLorenzo. Licensed under the GPLv3.
	#
	export ARCH="${1:-${ARCH:-amd64}}"