[Nut-upsuser] This one's a head-scratcher.

[gene heskett]

On 12/2/22 07:59, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Roger Price writes:
> 
>> On Thu, 1 Dec 2022, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>
>>> And even now, weeks after a Fedora release, that bug is not blowing 
>>> up with everyone, and their uncle, complaining that nut is completely 
>>> non-functional? So, what, there are less than a dozen people out 
>>> there who are using Fedora and a non-APC UPS, for which nut is, 
>>> pretty much, the only option?
>>>
>>> This one's a head-scratcher.
>>
>> I wonder what percentage of Linux users have a UPS?  I suspect the 
>> figure is real low.  Most people trust their public power supply, and 
>> live in an area with little lightning.  Why spend the money?
> 
> I think it's because most people are using laptops rather than desktops. 
> Laptops have their built-in UPS. A spike will probably just fry the wall 
> wart and not damage the laptop, and they'll just replace the wall wart.
> 
> Still, you'd think there'll be more than a dozen people noticing that 
> nut in Fedora hasn't worked for over two months.
> 
While the debian bullseye version is working just fine. Yet...
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