[Durham] Fwd: [lubuntu-users] 17.10 problem

[A Pearson]

Thanks again Barry.

Did not manage to fit in the meeting this week.
Fortunately it does not affect me.
It is 17.3 I have on a desktop where I had the BIOS problem on a MSI Mobo and following the changes I mentioned previously everything is still working very reliably.
The Lenovo Think Pad I got from Mark has version 18.1 or (18.3?) installed cannot remember which off hand.

Regards
Alan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barry Titterton via Durham 
  To: Durham Linux User Group mailing list ; Talk, UK 
  Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:55 AM
  Subject: [Durham] Fwd: [lubuntu-users] 17.10 problem


  FYI.


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  Subject: [lubuntu-users] 17.10 problem
  Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:49:34 +0000
  From: Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com>
  To: lubuntu user list <lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>



  Hi,

  Saw this on Phoronix:-
  https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.10-BIOS-Corrupter

  And Canonical has noted it here:-
  https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

  Basically, 17.10 can possibly corrupt your BIOS firmware on certain
  computers. See the above links for more info.

  BW,


  Ian

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