Is it safe for Lenovo laptops to install the Ubuntu 17.10 now

[Colin Law]

On 2 March 2018 at 11:29, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 08:54:05AM +0100, Bao Kai wrote:
>>    I found some conflicting information on line, some said the bug has
>>    been fixed in the release from Jan. 11st, 2018, some said the bug is
>>    still there. The affected laptops should not install Ubuntu 17.10.
>>    I am here to seek more reliable information about this issue now. I am
>>    changing my hard drive and I need a fresh installation of Ubuntu.
>
> I've had xubuntu 17.10 running since Novemeber or December 2017 on my
> Lenovo T470, no (serious) issues at all.

Not sure that is relevant as it was only certain machines that were affected.

According to this comment on the bug [1] the latest images contain the
fix to stop it happening.  It seems the on-going issues are to do with
those who already have the problem and are trying to recover from it.

Make sure you download the latest image.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147/comments/538

Colin