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However, keep in mind that due to another bug added to this one, even desktop computers with desktop drives can end with this kind of settings, AND the 20 seconds idle set by ubuntu's scripts is WAY too small
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It is a Ubuntu issue, not the entire Linux fraternity. This thread has always been a Ubuntu issue (pfft title.!). So people on Ubuntu should question/ask/care more probably. Like I said before, you are making a mountain of a mole (I agree a somewhat placid idea), it is fixed in many distros, and subsequent updates in Ubuntu will fix it too or might have already, I'm not sure. Don't be paranoid, please! And don't FUD, you will make others scared. Probably dig more on it at Ubuntu forums.
For those who can't come to gripes with the situation and are getting paranoid (justifiably), I strongly recommend dropping (Ubuntu)Linux now, lest you come later and then shout all over the forums about it. Prevention is better than cure, so better do it now.
*The reason why I might consider it a non-issue or a lesser grave issue is that the entire topic about it has went down subsequent threads in Ubuntu forums, meaning it is not that hot a topic it is made out to be here, which in itself says the issue is almost sorted. Of course, these are my opinions. YOMV.
Also I would like to add that it would help in your confidence if you can visit the #Ubuntu support channel on IRC, where you will get a direct reply, once and for all, letting you know on the issues.