Comment 75 for bug 524281

I would think that in this age of mobile computing - with so many notebooks and netbooks around that this would be considered a very serious bug for this large (and growing) user group. I haven't done enough testing to confirm but I think this bug is also affecting many other (perhaps all) Lucid systems (I think it may just more apparent on laptops because of noticable reduced battery life). Some adhoc testing has shown that a very basic 10.04 server install (running on KVM) is chewing noticeably more cpu cycles Also I think the ever growing focus on more efficient power and concerns for reducing environmental footprint would also be factors

As a workaround I have found using the Karmic kernel restores battery life (and reduces overheating). Whilst it works, its hardly an ideal situation and not really useful for newb users. This sort of serious regression, especially when left unaddressed, is a really unfortunate blight for such a promising notable and user friendly distro. Even moreso when this is a LTS. I was hoping to run 10.04 on a number of work netbooks that I administer. Unfortunately it looks like that may not be a realistic option.

Is there anything ppl like myself can do to assist getting this bug fixed asap?