第二起跑线(一)——中英对照:一个 ubuntu 用户的愤怒
本文讲述的是一块主板在富士康和 Linux 用户之间引发的恩怨。这段故事在简体中文世界流传并不广泛,故作此“第二起跑线”专题,跟大家讲述一些在鲜为人知的角落发生的鲜为人知的事实。 谨以此专题向那些站在第二起跑线上和微软竞争的选手们致敬! 英文水平有限,翻译不周之处万望赐教。 --- 原帖地址 --- A possible bug in Foxconn boards BIOS affects Linux ACPI 富士康主板的疑似问题 BIOS 影响了 Linux ACPI 功能 Update: I just got off the phone with Foxconn, they called me from China (1 AM in Indiana, heh) and were asking if I would test an improved version of their BIOS based partially on the modifications I've made to mine, hopefully this all blows over, and regardless of who's fault it is or isn't, we can just go back to using our computers with full functionality. 进展:我刚刚接了富士康从中国打来的电话(印第安纳州当地时间凌晨 1 点,呵呵)。他们问我是否愿意测试一下改进版的 BIOS(部分根据我的修改而来)。希望这次事件就此平息,不管是与不是谁的责任,我们终于能够全功能地享受自己的电脑了。 Thanks to the community for helping me get the message to Foxconn. 感谢社区(译注:应该指的是英文 ubuntu 社区),帮我将信息传递给富士康。 Edit: Please tell Foxconn what you think of their behavior: 更新:请向富士康表达你对他们行为的感受: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/online.aspx You need to put in an email, ...