Ubuntu Linux 17.10 OS for Desktops (Artful Aardvark) - Withdrawn

[HanaBi]

Anyone thinking of downloading the latest flavour of the Linux OS for their desktops/laptops, will find that it has been withdrawn due to various functionality issues with resident motherboard BIOS' (specifically but not exclusively to Lenovo laptops) :-

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Installing 17.10 on Lenovo Yoga and IdeaPad laptops prevents the motherboard's BIOS from saving its settings, and while the computer will hopefully continue to start up, it potentially stops the machine from booting via USB.

The cockup mainly affects Lenovo computers, although other systems may also fall foul: selected Acer, HP, Toshiba and Dell hardware are said to be hit, too.

Intel's SPI driver is kernel-level software that allows the operating system to access the firmware's flash storage on the motherboard via a serial communication interface. Seemingly, a problem with this code causes the OS to flip the wrong configuration bit in a hardware register, and write protect the firmware's data, triggering further failures.

A resolution is due out any time soon


Ubuntu 17.10 PULLED: Linux OS knackers laptop BIOSes, Intel kernel driver blamed