[ubuntu-uk] Linux may void the warranty

[Andy]

Hi

Just saw a story on Google News.
According to the story PC world refused to repair someone's laptop
because he had put Linux on it thus voiding his warranty.
<http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/09/13/pc-world-refuses-hardware-fault-repair-because-of-linux/>

The odd thing, the fault was a cracked hinge on the screen of the laptop.

This is what we are up against people! Large Companies actively trying
to prevent people installing software such as Gnu/Linux.

I would strongly recommend anyone think twice about buying from PC World.
Any company who thinks that software could have caused that kind of
hardware failure are probably not the best people to buy computer
equipment off.

Andy

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