community: Foxconn, ACPI fail, and leaving money on the table

Courtesy Topix - Linux  Sun, 07/27/2008 - 22:40

This Ubuntu Forums thread got picked up by Slashdot and others. One Foxconn motherboard, not advertised with Linux support, has ACPI that doesn't work under the poster's version of Linux.


 

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