"I always get keys from gkeys24.com, win10 is like $7 bucks for a legit key, win11 a bit more (but ew)"

Why 'ew'? is 11 garbage?
also... I can't enter my payment information at http://gkeys24.com/

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 11:07 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
Agreed, use Virtualbox, get the windows 10/11 iso from microsoft's own site, install windows in a VM just like you would another PC.  I've been doing this for ~20 years, as long as I've used linux as a full-time system, and the only way to run windoze.

This also comes with the advantage of being able to leverage Snapshots.  As soon as your clean windoze vm is installed, registered all shiny and unmolested, create a Snapshot of your image.  Should your Dad get infected in any way, or even just suspects it, before any upgrade, anything dubious, just restore to that Snapshot, and good as new again to a perfect state.

I always get keys from gkeys24.com, win10 is like $7 bucks for a legit key, win11 a bit more (but ew).  I can forward you a latest ad, they tend to hide windoze licenses from the main site to avoid microsoft's lawyers (I assume).

-mb



On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 7:41 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
Michael --

Yes, you can install Linux and then additionally install VirtualBox. From there you can download the Windows 10 ISO


and then install it. Obviously, you'll need a valid license key to install.

There was a thread here recently about cheap and reliable windows keys recently.

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On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 04:21 Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
My father is interested in Linux but he needs Windows. I HEARD that you can d/l the windows ISO to usb and that it will install to the computer if it originally came with windows. If that is true my question is: what about if I were to install linux and then put windows into a virtual machine; Could I do that? Where would I go to get the windows ISO?

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