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HP Dishonors Warranty If You Load Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the caveat-installor dept.

darkonc points us to a writeup on linux.com about a very Linux-unfriendly policy at HP. A woman bought a Compaq laptop and loaded Ubuntu on it. Some time later, still well inside the 1-year hardware warranty, the keyboard started acting up. An HP support rep told her, "Sorry, we do not honor our hardware warranty when you run Linux." Gateway and Dell refused to comment to the reporter on what they would do in a similar situation. (Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.)

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  1. Re:Not Unreasonable by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What if the software just locks you out of your hardware?

    -1, Troll Flamebait Off-topic Overrated

    Wait, let me salvage this one:

    "HP dishonors warranty if you load Linux? That's nothing! I'll dishonor your daughter if she does!"

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    Apology to Ubuntu forum.