"vychytraly ." vychytraly@gmail.com wrote:
My only worry is that they would not accept it since I am running Linux (the laptop came with Windows - and I am not sure if the problem would be also present on Windows).
You can download and install Windows legally: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 . Without a valid code, it will stop working eventually, but you can see whether you have the same problem with Windows.