Installing Windows software

[Robert Heller]

At Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:15:43 +1100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> You can install Win 10 without a key and run it permanently with no real 
> restrictions except personalizing the PC ie changing your desktop 
> background, not a showstopper.

Until it goes EOL and there are no more [security] updates...

> 
> Phil
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> On 12/10/24 23:32, Robert Heller wrote:
> > MS-Windows 11 will only install on very new hardware. MS-Windows 10 is nearing
> > EOL. You can't "just install" MS-Windows. You need to buy a license key to use
> > it. (I don't know if it will install without a key, or if it will run in any
> > meaningful way without a licence key.)
> >
> > There is already documentation on installing TeX Live on MS-Windows here:
> > https://tug.org/texlive/windows.html and a web search turns up several Youtube
> > videos.
> >
> > At Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:16:06 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I need to re-document and re-screenshot the process of installing TeX Live.
> >> No prob for Macs and Linux systems, which I have, but for MS Windows I'll
> >> need something like an OS emulator or platform library like Codeweavers
> >> Wine, or a VM. I have an old sacrificial machine in the corner but I don't
> >> know if it will support modern Windows. Whichever way, I assume I will need
> >> to find an installation copy of the current version of Windows (10? 11? 12?).
> >>
> >> I've never been required to use Windows, either for work or otherwise,
> >> although I've used it occasionally for a few minutes on a colleague's
> >> machine, and I did once use Wine to install some app I can't remember, so
> >> I'm relatively clueless.
> >>
> >> All recommendations and warnings gratefully received.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> 
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