[quote user="DELL-Jesse L"] cmspider, Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum. Our engineers are looking into this issue. We should have information on flashing the bio on Ubuntu systems soon. [/quote] i too have read all alternate methods to update the bios and find it frustrating even to attempt to throw away my money, just in case i brick it. i am indeed trying to wait patiently for an ubuntu bios update utility. the owness should not be on the end user. Steve