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04-01-2015, 05:03 AM	#16
Samsonite2010 Member Registered: Apr 2015 Distribution: Debian Posts: 267 Blog Entries: 1 Rep:	To be fair - I have seen many a laptop be repaired using Linux. I myself had a Windows 7 laptop die and I used Ubuntu to rescue my files. It does sound a bit strange though - maybe just a lack of detail in what was wrong with the laptop and what service was being performed.

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