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minus-squareDudewitbow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoim surprised they don’t just do the underhanded method of acquiring windows. well I’d imagine theres some stores willing to oblige doing that. curious sakes, what distro do they preload on customers.
minus-squarejaygray91@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYeah that’s weird. Quite a few of the smaller refurb shops here (south East Asia) just pirate Windows and Office suite.
minus-squaresteelplatedmech@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYeah I doubt my chinese MiniPC came with official Windows. Had recommendation tp go through initial set up offline. Not that I kept Windows. I wiped it and put Fedora on it.
im surprised they don’t just do the underhanded method of acquiring windows.
well I’d imagine theres some stores willing to oblige doing that.
curious sakes, what distro do they preload on customers.
Yeah that’s weird. Quite a few of the smaller refurb shops here (south East Asia) just pirate Windows and Office suite.
Yeah I doubt my chinese MiniPC came with official Windows. Had recommendation tp go through initial set up offline. Not that I kept Windows. I wiped it and put Fedora on it.