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Currently, I am using Alienware 17 R4 running ubuntu 18.04. In the past, I used to meet someone who broke his Alienware's motherboard by updating its firmware. By now, I still could not know the secured way to disable firmware updates whenever I run an update and upgrade command? any suggestion? thanks

laughing
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    I'm not quite sure what you're after (language has me a little confused; "*other broken the alienware*"?? but `apt-mark hold` can be used to place a hold on packages if absolutely necessary (can create issues down the road if forgotten it's there, or cause security concerns by using unpatched...) – guiverc Feb 03 '20 at 02:09
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    Does this answer your question? [How to prevent updating of a specific package?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package) – karel Feb 03 '20 at 03:29
  • @karel I am not sure which package that updates the firmware laptop. – laughing Feb 03 '20 at 08:25
  • 1. *amd64-microcode* Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs 2. *intel-microcode* Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs – karel Feb 03 '20 at 08:28
  • @guiverc I updated the question, sorry about that. – laughing Feb 03 '20 at 08:28
  • @karel so is there any other package that prevents not to update the bios, esp motherboard firmware? because that guy broke his motherboard caused by updating the os. I scared – laughing Feb 03 '20 at 08:31
  • 1. *iucode-tool* Intel processor microcode tool 2. *microcode.ctl* Intel IA32/IA64 CPU Microcode Utility (transitional package) The motherboard firmware update files are usually closed source and usually they must be run from Windows OS. – karel Feb 03 '20 at 08:33
  • @karel thank you so much – laughing Feb 03 '20 at 08:36

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You can remove fwupd to disabe this feature with: sudo apt remove fwupd

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