Comment 339 for bug 1

@Wayne (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/338) I disagree. It depends on multiple things.
The bug does not show up on certain hardware. For example, I cannot reproduce this bug on PowerPC or 68k desktops/laptops at all. However, the bug is extremely common on prebuilt x86 computers. Although it is reproducible, the bug does not seem ver prevalent on x86 hardware that is assembled by the user (my desktop, for example). On smartphones and other smaller devices, the bug sometimes (but not always) manifests itself.

I have a workaround as well as a patch for the problem. The workaround should be quite easy to implement, but the patch will be difficult and take a long time.

Workaround: Buy computers solely from vendors which sell computers with Free Operating systems preinstalled. These include those on the previously mentioned LXer page <http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php?dbn=14> and possibly in future, Dell (on certain models). Strictly speaking, in order to workaround this particular bug (Microsoft's majority market share) rather than the general class of similar bugs (Proprietary software having a majority market share), Apple computers are also decent implementations of this workaround. This is not, however, a patch. It is merely a workaround, because this bug will not manifest itself in our computers (and possibly the computers of those around us).

Patch: This patch is, as far as I can tell, one of only two ways to do this (the other way is for Microsoft to go out of business). This patch will involve years of work from the full community, and preferably money to spend on advertising campains. We will need to educate users about software freedom.