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Ubuntu's Laptop Killing Bug Fixed

Posted by kdawson on from the safe-power-saving dept.

jeevesbond writes "Back in October of 2007 we discussed a bug that would dramatically shorten the life of laptops using Ubuntu. Ubuntu users will be glad to know that a fix has finally been released for Ubuntu versions 9.04, 8.10 and 8.04 (LTS). However, as this fix is not yet in the update repositories, anyone wishing to test it should follow these instructions for enabling the 'proposed' repository. Report your results on the original bug report. Happy testing!"

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  1. Only for who think the world has to be perfect by microbee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hardware is buggy. BIOS is buggy. Drivers are buggy.

    That doesn't matter one bit.

    As an operating system and integrator, the whole system has to work. There are tons of quirks in Linux Kernel to work around BIOS and hardware bugs, because it's simply the reality you have to face. If you can't handle non-perfect hardware or firmware, then you don't make operating systems.

  2. Re:More incompatibility than just this by macraig · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Since Windows 2000 installed, XP will almost certainly also install; it may not run efficiently in the limit of 512MB, but it would install. I didn't reaffirm anything you said.

    The "serious" BIOS revisions you mention aren't relevant. This system has an 800 MHz CPU, and the other issues don't affect the installation process. Since you're so fond of logic, I will remind you that one cannot logically infer the existence of unrelated serious issues from the mere existence of these.

    Please quit. This is not a competition. There's nothing to win here.

  3. ...and who even CARES about the hard drive anyway? by AmazingRuss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Stupid mechanical device with all my data on it, integral to the function of my laptop.

    This kind of attitude from Linux devs is why I've mostly migrated to OSX.

    People that use computers don't want technical excuses. They just want to use the goddam computer without it destroying its parts, which seems entirely reasonable. Ubuntu in particular is targeted at this very group of people. It astounds me that this has remained unfixed for so long, and really shakes my trust in the whole open source thing.

    "Just pop out and replace the hard drive, and restore from backup every 6 months" is not an acceptable solution.