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    The onus is on your Dad to provide evidence for his claim. If I were to claim that Windows makes your microwave explode, it wouldn't be your job to prove me wrong; I would have to provide evidence to back such an absurd claim. Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 13:48
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    In that case, tell him to give you some specific arguments rather than an absurd rumor with no evidence to back it up and we'll be happy to look into them. Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 14:38
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    Some Apple hardware has been known to have issues under ALL other operating systems (not just Linux Kernel based ones) - due to Apple's proprietary hardware and more specifically their proprietary fan controllers. This often means your MacBook will either run with fans at full speed all the time, or at some default level (although this is not always true since some of the fans are temperature controlled based on hardware sensors). None-the-less, I've never heard of any operating system causing a battery to explode. Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 15:49
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    If we re-phrased your Dad's assertion as "Macbooks are so badly designed and manufactured that you can't use them to run any software not written by Apple", that amounts to more or less the same claim. I couldn't possibly comment on whether or not he's right - the last Mac I used was an Apple Lisa Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 20:24
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    Yes, your laptop battery can explode while you're using Linux. However, I don't think Linux is likely to be the cause of the explosion. Commented Oct 23, 2015 at 10:37