[TriLUG] Lenovo and LINUX

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

Of course it does.

The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act> does not
allow companies to "void" your warranty unless they can show that your
actions caused the problem.

The "void" stickers are to scare you; they aren't a legal contract like an
EULA.

Installing Void on your laptop won't void your warranty, but if you void on
your laptop it may.



On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 12:36 AM Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 18:53:24 -0400
> Steve Holton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > 1) you can order these workstations and P-series Thinkpads with
> > > Ubuntu LTS or RHEL *preinstalled*.  This opens Linux up to a much
> > > larger customer base.
> >
> >
> > Subtle point here: This means you don't have to dedicate a partition
> > to the Windows install in order to keep your warranty in tact.
>
> Which brings up a finer-point question. I use Void Linux. Does the
> hardware part of my warranty hold if I wipe out the preinstalled Ubuntu
> or RHEL and use Void?
>
> SteveT
>
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