[ubuntu-in] How safe it is to install (*)ubuntu on a laptop

[Kingsly John]

+++ Mehul Ved [2008-06-01 05:49:17]:

> On Sun Jun 01, 2008 at 01:49:06AM +0530, mallikarjun arjun wrote:
> > > The bug:
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695
> > As of my knowledge there is no such bug.
> >  I am not sure.
> 
> There is, as you can see the launchpad bug report. And as you can see,
> it's status is confirmed too.

The bug report also states...

<quote>
This problem has been confirmed in Ubuntu as well as in other distributions
and on MacOS X and Windows.
</quote>

So if you have one of those buggy harddisks you are fscked any which way.

If you aren't seeing those symptoms on your current OS, chances are they
won't show up under Linux either.

Kingsly

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