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    • BIOS vs. BIOS for Linux on the support page

    Member Posts: 4 New User
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    Hi all,

     

    On Acer's support page I can see BIOS updates tagged with "for linux" alongside "regular" BIOS updates.

    I didn't know there's a relation between a BIOS and the installed OS.

    Beside the obvious answer - "it's for linux", what are the differences between them?

    Acer Aspire R3700 support page

     

    Thanks,

    Biff

    Answers

    • ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer
      It's just about the bios installer software.

      No difference on bios itself if version is the same, just the software that update it will run on windows OS or linux OS.
      I'm not an Acer employee.
    • Member Posts: 4 New User

      Thank you. That clarified what I suspected.

      One more question, when updating BIOS should it be done incrementaly? starting from version 1 to 2, then 3?

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