Is this true?

[Guest]

Sorry. I am new in using linux in general. But one of my friends told me that Ubuntu isn't a good choice for laptops. He told that it may shorten my hard drive life time. Is this true?

[MoonRise]

Re: Is this true?

Well I have Kubuntu on this laptop going on 3 years. No problems here. No signs of giving out. Really a hard drive is a hard drive and most systems access them basically the same. Actually less with linux because the Swap file isn't used as much as Windows uses it's Page File.

[dibl]

Re: Is this true?

Your friend is referring to this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...our+hard+drive

which has been rather badly overblown, IMHO. Review the facts carefully, and you will see that it was much ado about not much.

[Rog131]

Re: Is this true?

He told that it may shorten my hard drive life time. Is this true?

There has been problems like this:

Topic: Default HD power management settings will kill drive ?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3087988.0

[kortsen]

Re: Is this true?

Another common problem with laptops is hibernating. I fought long and hard trying to get it working and never succeeded. I just console myself that cold booting Kubuntu is faster than resuming Windows when hibernated.

And my problem seems to revolve around my nVidia graphics. Your mileage may vary.