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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. Re:Flamebait story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay

  2. Re:Ubuntu bug development by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Marcus smokes all of the crack in the walls and goes on a rampage after discovering a bug in his OS causes his laptop to die.

    He shoots everybody in the house before beginning an armed standoff with the SWAT team, then kills 3 cops(one in full riot gear) before a sniper in a police helicopter shoots the gun out of his hand. Stunned but unharmed, Marcus then slips and falls off the roof into his unkempt wading pool before he is transanally disemboweled by the pool's drain.

  3. Re:It was not a bug! by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those laptops were using ReiserFS.

    Ostensibly, yes. In reality, those laptops had been making much more use of ReiserFS's best friend. I heard they even planned to run off with him.

  4. Re:No need to enable "proposed" updates by plaiddragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just run apt-get update && apt-get install acpi-support.

    What? apt-get it yourself.

    sudo apt-get update && apt-get install acpi-support.

    Okay.

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  5. Re:Agreed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And don't forget to queue the spelling/grammar Nazi's.

    And don't forget to cue the spelling/grammar Nazis.

    Fixed it for ya.

  6. Re:No need to enable "proposed" updates by youngerpants · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real men run as root.

    Hey, why's my mouse moving all by itself?

  7. Re:hmm. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, that's pretty bad. You have to give points to M$ here because they typically don't let things like this happen.

  8. Re:Only for who think the world has to be perfect by im_thatoneguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you can't handle non-perfect hardware or firmware, then you don't make operating systems.

    I don't know, quite a few companies in the past have made a pretty successful run of it.

  9. Re:Ubuntu bug development by hack++slash · · Score: 4, Funny

    "transanally disemboweled"

    Eww! Eww! Eww!

    Eeeeewwwww!!





    Ewwww!

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  10. Re:No need to enable "proposed" updates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Real men don't use a GUI, you n00b.

  11. Re:As per "Flamebait Story" by dswensen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wrong.

    I totally agree.

  12. Re:Agreed by aynoknman · · Score: 3, Funny

    And don't forget to queue the spelling/grammar Nazi's.

    And don't forget to cue the spelling/grammar Nazis.

    Fixed it for ya.

    Fixed it for you.

    There, I fixed it for you.

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