I have been struggling to decide what to do with my old rendering machines… But they are getting less useful for rendering by the day.
I encountered some Ukrainian refugees in my language class, and some of them don’t have PCs.
It must be hard for them to look up information etc.
I want to clean up my old machines and donate them… But won’t have a Windows licence. I’m also not sure the best way to install Windows if they will be using Russian or Ukrainian language.
Is there a cheap Windows licence or free for Windows this situation?
In the old days I would have pirated it but I don’t want to put them in that situation.
Would installing Linux on them be an option?
I’ll throw my hat in the ring for Zorin OS. It’s similarity to Windows is a lot greater than most distros, so switching will be easy. It’s also based on Ubuntu, like Pop :)
I did think about this, but I know sweet FA about Linux; they know sweet FA about Linux; and should any problems come up in future, using Linux severely limits the chances of a casual acquaintance being able to help out.
But you’re right, it would be a decent solution… If the situation was a bit different I might go with that.
If it was someone I was likely to pop in on to fix things for example.
Apparently you can activate Windows using this: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
(Stolen from elsewhere, have not tried myself, might be legally dubious)
Install non legit 7 or 8.1 then upgrade to 10 (this still works) after that is has a legit win10 that can even be clean reinstalled. Amd upgraded to 11 if hardware supported (or bypassed).
I think the cheapest way is buy an OEM edition and a SATA cable to fullfill the purchase requirements.
And a SATA cable? How does that work?
Is that like a token hardware purchase?
Grey market sites like G2A and Kinguin have windows licenses for cheap.
Kinguin is great but it does require a phone call which is disappointing.
Really? I’ve bought Win10 keys on Kinguin before and I don’t think I’ve had to do that before. It’s been over a year since I’ve used them though.