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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 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/buildapc

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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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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Would installing Linux on them be an option?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You might want to ask them if they can use a *nix, if not, you're giving them the gift of headaches and annoyance.

(I say this as a lifelong Linux user)

[–] CIA_chatbot 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This, just throw Ubuntu or popos on it

[–] jantin 5 points 1 year ago

As a windows smoothbrain bot I can confirm pop os is straightforward to operate and plain easy if someone helps the person with basic problems (how to find things, how to install things etc).

[–] Pyroglyph 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 :)

[–] CIA_chatbot 2 points 1 year ago

Don’t give me yet another district to try damnit!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.