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Ubuntu on Windows

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2049 points bpierre | 5 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.682s | source
1. mark_l_watson ◴[30 Mar 16 17:52 UTC] No.11391405[source]▶
I am a little annoyed at myself. One of my 5 laptops is a HPStream 11 that was running Windows 10 until a few months ago when I wiped the disk and installed Ubuntu. Windows 10 is not bad at all, and I would have enjoyed keeping a Windows 10 machine handy with the new Ubuntu user land support.
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2. T-A ◴[30 Mar 16 19:11 UTC] No.11392069[source]▶
AFAIK, Windows 10 registration amounts to generating a hash based on your hardware and storing it online. If you reinstall Windows 10 now and try to register again (and have not updated the hardware, e.g. replaced the hard drive), the same hash will be generated again and your machine will be recognized as already registered. So there should be no extra license cost involved.
3. swampthinker ◴[30 Mar 16 19:18 UTC] No.11392129[source]▶
Torrent time!
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4. noelsusman ◴[30 Mar 16 20:17 UTC] No.11392618[source]▶
I'm fairly certain you can just reinstall Windows 10 and not have to deal with any licensing shenanigans. I'm no expert but I think it's baked into the machine itself these days.
5. emmelaich ◴[30 Mar 16 21:09 UTC] No.11393028[source]▶
Not necessary; just download the iso. Well, the iso maker on another Windows machine.