[SLE] SuSE Linux killed my hardware!

From: Sebastian Wolff (sebastian.wolff_at_bauing.uni-weimar.de)
Date: 12/04/03

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    Dear SuSE community!

    This is a call for help and a troll against linux.

    Is it possible that in particular situations Linux may kill the main board of
    any laptop?

    By now I destroyed with the help of SuSE Linux 8.2 and 9.0 2 (!) laptops in the
    last 2 month: An older Maxdata and a brand new Dell Inspiron 5100. Both show
    the same symptoms:

    They simply don't react after turning the power on (except turning on the fan
    and the CD drive). The repair service believes it is the main board which must
    be replaced.

    And each time the 'damage' resulted from similar situations (the first time I
    believed it was the age of my laptop):

    I wanted to change the BIOS configuration. To enter the setup you have to press
    F2 in the very beginning. Usually I miss this time. Hence, I resetted the
    computer after missing it. However, I am used to damages to the file system in
    the worst case - therefore, to press reset is a very common and intuitive way.

    Well. Sometimes it can also kill your whole hardware.

    Now I have 2 questions:

    (1) What happened ???!

    (2) Who can I sue for it?

    After all this operating system (really, I liked it till now) destroyed a value
    of 2500 Euro (2700 $) within only 2 month! As a student I can live with that
    money for a whole year - and then I wanted to finish a research project next
    week - 3 complete month of work are gone now.
    Now, this is a 'free' operating system. Who is responsible? Linus Torvalds?
    SuSE? The developer who produced this bug? Rather nobody. After this incident I
    have to define 'reliability' in a new sense. This warranty problem might be a
    reason to encourage companies to stay at Windows, HP-UX or MacOS.

    Regards
    Sebastian 

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