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Following up on what I wrote yesterday concerning suggested damage to hard disks caused by Ubuntu not altering the number of load unload cycles set by the manufacturers, I noted that a number of people have been suggesting that Ubuntu should take control away from BIOS and carry out these modifications by default, as Windows [...]
There was a story posted on Slashdot today with regard to Bug #59695 (No link, intentionally). Apart from the fact that it was extremely poor form to post a link to Launchpad thus slashdotting a major bug tracking tool, this issue should be addressed quickly. Here is the bug report:
When switching to battery power, /etc/acpi/power.sh [...]
