My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn’t an option

    • NateNate60@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Well, it is technically “piracy” but it’s amateur piracy. No need to get fancy with torrents and VPNs or whatnot. Just download the software and… not pay.

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          1 year ago

          Well given op said download it from microsoft then yes it will be riddled with spyware but that’s the genuine windows experience® for you…

          The downvoted guy you replied to is right. You can download the (genuine) iso off microsoft and install it without paying M$ anything, it will work fine other than not being able to change wallpaper etc.

          If that small restriction annoys you the MAS (linked elsewhere in thread) is the answer