the last time I had to set up a windows-system, I just said fuck-it and bought a key for 2€ from on of these shady key-sides.
Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months agoI couldn’t find a version of this that would work in a VM. The few I tried were “preactivated” and then complained about hardware changes when I tried to install in a VM.
No I’m not asking people to find me a working release. I’m just complaining that I just can’t be assed mucking around with unlicensed installations.
bort@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Yeah I bought some keys a while back.
It never seems to be as easy as “type in this key”. They get linked to my Microsoft account or some nonsense.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Linux doesn’t require AcTiVaTiOn