Acer Aspire 3 (A315-22), Do I void my warranty if I install Linux alongside Windows 10?

I'm currently using an Acer Aspire 3 (A315-22) that comes preinstalled with Windows 10. I'm still in warranty and would like to install Linux, but am afraid I would void any warranties I have active if I was to install an alternative operating system onto the laptop. I've heard one some topics here that installing a Linux distribution alongside the preinstalled Windows 10 won't void the warranty, but those were a few years old and I'm unsure if the policy has changed since then.

If I was to install, say, Arch or any Ubuntu-based distribution, but keep Windows 10 installed and available to boot from GRUB, would this keep my warranty active still?

Specs:

AMD A9-9420E

8GB DDR4 1866MHz SODIMM

1TB Toshiba HDD

Windows 10 Home

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

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Jack22

@Samaritan
No it will not void the warranty. If you are running Linux and for example your hard drive goes out, Acer will replace the drive if the system is under warranty but they will install the Acer OEM operating system on the drive before shipping it back. They have to do this in order to test the drive properly, since Linux is not a supported operating system. Hope this helps!

user380thq2

2024 weighing in here, Jack22's experience reversed: just spoke with Acer tech support and was denied warranty coverage for a bad SSD on a 4 day old laptop. R/W errors, data loss, repeated partition loss, the works. Apparently installing Linux is considered a "modification" which voids the warranty, according to multiple techs.

billsey

Although warranties are different in different countries, I don't think there are any that are void just because you changed the OS. If the drive has failed, it isn't due to the software. They should replace it, but they will send it back with Windows installed.