[TriLUG] Lenovo and LINUX

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

Update: I was bored and reached out to Lenovo. They would be
interested in throwing someone from their professional workstation
team for a online thingie for us. They did ask me to provide a better
idea of the call objective and scope in case they need to pull in
advisory engineers. So I need some help here.

Is anyone interested? If so we can pull it out, but you will have to
help me make this entertaining (maybe frightening to Lenovo) with your
questions.

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 8:22 AM Steve Holton via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> That's speaking from the legal point of view.   But it won't help you if
> you're trying to get
> meaningful support from a service tech who doesn't recognize a bash prompt.
>
> Fortunately, it sounds like this won't be the case.  Time will tell.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 12:58 AM Wes Garrison via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > > Steve Litt
> > > May 2020 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
> > >      of the Successful Technologist
> > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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