Re: Gigabyte: "we cannot offer full support on Linux"

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On Mon, 2022-05-16 at 19:02 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> One of their motherboards keeps locking up on me. After some back and
> forth their last reply ended the discussion thread with a:
> 
> # Since we do not fully support and validate Linux, we cannot offer full
> # support on Linux. Please try a Windows base OS to check if you are still
> # experiencing the same instability issue.

I take issue with this on a customer service stand point.

As the customer, it is NOT YOUR JOB to diagnose faulty hardware. 
Probably most of their customers would be unable to do that.  You
should be able to return non-working equipment and THEY should assess
it.  You should also be able to return it to the vendor without being
hassled about it, nor being told to go back to the manufacturer instead
(in my country, that's actually illegal to be fobbed off that way).

Of course you mightn't trust them, and it's in your interests to do
your own tests, first.  But the obligation should be on THEM.

When I've dealt with good companies, I've asked them about non-working
equipment, they've given me a few simple to do "have you tried this?"
questions, and when I confirmed I'd done what I could, they simply told
me to bring it back.  If they'd asked me to jump through hoops I would
have given them a serve over it, but they didn't.  I delightedly name
one, Jaycar, as a company that will try their level best to get out of
warranties, and act illegally about it.

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