Posted on Dec 22, 2017
Ubuntu 17.10 Breaks the BIOS on Some Lenovo Laptops
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It seems that the latest version of Ubuntu is messing with the bios of some laptops causing them to become expensive paper weights. No one is sure why, but it looks like there is a bug in the custom kernel that Ubuntu uses. There is an unstable driver in it that would allow the user to flash their bios in their desktop environment of choice. It is disabled by default in the "stock" kernel but was apparently accidentally activated when Ubuntu was compiling their custom kernel. SGT (Join to see)
Ubuntu 17.10 Breaks the BIOS on Some Lenovo Laptops
Posted from omgubuntu.co.uk
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SSgt Mark Lines
A1C Ian Williams This is of special concern for me. I often recommend Lenovo laptops to people if they want to install Linux on a new machine. This is because there are no vendors here in Thailand that I know about that make Linux machines, and System 76 and others do not ship to Thailand.
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A trusted duo for years, Lenovo will probably handle this fine but if I'm Ubuntu this is a serious black eye to prioritize. For all Ubuntu/Canonical has done for FOSS, this still adds to a list of ever-growing reasons to steer clear of the base distro.
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SSgt Mark Lines
SPC John Waisman Hardware issues like that is one of the reasons why I "distro-hopped" to Manjaro. Everything worked right out of the box. I was also able to boot off of the USB install media without having to use any special commands like I always had to do with Ubuntu.
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