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I want to donate my old work PCs, but I don't want to donate my Windows Pro licences. What's the cheapest way to get a Windows licence on a PC? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/buildapc@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Would installing Linux on them be an option?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This, just throw Ubuntu or popos on it

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 3 years ago

    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.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    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)

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    Introduce then to Linux is the best gift you can do to them. I regret a lot to not having the same and be raised with windows, its make me lazy and stupid but most important have make me ignoring how much a Machine mean and how we all should approach them.

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    [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Grey market sites like G2A and Kinguin have windows licenses for cheap.

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