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Ubuntu May Be Killing Your Laptop's Hard Drive

Posted by kdawson on from the saving-power-at-what-cost dept.

wwrmn writes "There's a debate going on over at bugs.launchpad.net on whether it's the Ubuntu, BIOS, hard-drive manufacturer, or pick-any-player's fault, but Ubuntu (and perhaps any OS) may be dramatically shortening the life of your laptop's hard drive due to an aggressive power-saving feature / acpi bug / OS configuration. Regardless of where the fault lies or how it's fixed, you might want to take some actions now to try to prevent the damage."

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  1. Re:So what's new? by TheBrutalTruth · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Flamebait??? Who taught you to mod - G.W. Bush? Ubuntu fanboys are reeeeel sensitive, methinks.

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  2. Tags.. by Devv · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Tags if you replace all instances of Ubuntu with Vista:
    haha, defectivebydesign, MS, vistafailure, vista

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