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April 10, 2008 | Comments: (0)

Ubuntu: more doomed than ever

As an early Windows NT 3.x adopter, Randall Kennedy explains that when it comes to OS quirks and bugs, he's already put up with more than his fair share.

But that doesn't mean he's willing to ignore the ongoing ACPI support debacle under Ubuntu.

"Despite six months of user complaints, dozens of bug reports and one very public scolding (by me), Ubuntu still does not run reliably on notebook PCs," Kennedy writes.

Indeed, that pesky ACPI bug encountered with Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" has been carried over to Ubuntu 8.04, aka "Hardy Heron." Alas, the suspend/resume "black screen of death" is back, and nastier than ever! Kennedy adds.

Ubuntu, more doomed than ever.

"That Ubuntu 8.04 remains unpalatable because of a stale, well-documented holdover bug from the previous version is really disappointing."

Posted by Tom Sullivan on April 10, 2008 10:53 AM


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