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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: DFS claims they can't give away Linux ...
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On 2024-12-24, TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2024-12-23, the following emerged from the brain of DFS:
>> On 12/23/2024 1:36 PM, TomB wrote:
> 8<
>>> For some reason it has always been possible to activate Windows 10
>>> with an existing Windows 7 key. It's not exactly 'giving away', but
>>> MS made it extremely easy to have a fully activated Windows 10 without
>>> spending any money.
>>> 
>>> So there's that :-)
>>
>> TomBaby!
>>
>> It's been nearly 7.5 years since the resident rock drummer/Linux 
>> advocate graced us.
>>
>> How's life in Belgium?
>>
>> How's your latest Windows job going?
>>
>>
>> Note: the Internet says you can't use your Win7 key to activate Win10.
>
> The Internet can say whatever it likes, it's still possible. Did that
> many times on the Windows job and the result was always a fully and
> properly licensed Windows 10, with digital entitlement and all. The
> real funny bit is that I'm upgrading those to Windows 11 now, so
> that's three versions with just a single purchase.

I know for a fact that Windows 7 (I think even Windows Vista) licenses work 
all the way up to Windows 11. (You have to create a Rufus Install USB and 
turn off the check TPM setting for old machines on Windows 11.)

> The Windows job's fine by the way. Still using a surprising amount of
> GNU/Linux, even more than ever these days. Most servers are still on
> Debian and Ubuntu, a lot of PCs in our labs are also on Ubuntu, and
> we're now even have around 10% of laptops on Ubuntu as well (although,
> unfortunately, we have a project underway to move those back to
> Windows after about 5 years).

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien