Seeking Guidance: Installing Linux on SSD and Optimizing for a 4GB Laptop

[Mr_Magoo]

Set up Ventoy and put both Win10 PE and Zorin OS (16 and 17b) .ISO files on it.

When you need to do any firmware updates, just boot Win10 PE, do the firmware updates, then reboot back into Zorin. I've done it for my UEFI firmware and the touchpad firmware.

HP Computer Owners - update your UEFI

If you own an HP computer, you know that HP doesn't generally use the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (which is the application fwupdmgr) except for certain servers. They instead provide a .EXE file that is specific to the computer model and the UEFI version... this computer is on its third UEFI version since it was new, hence there are three .EXE files available for it. Well, .EXE files are Windows-specific. In this case, you can't even run them under Wine or PlayOnLinux to update your UEFI. Y…