Re: Advice re running Windows in/with Linux
Damian Murphy <[email protected]>
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On 09/01/2016 23:26, Andrew Gallagher wrote: > I've been using Windows 7 for work, and it's good enough for most > purposes (so long as you install a decent browser). Avoid any of the > Windows 8 variants. Windows 10 looks decent but I haven't used it so > can't vouch for anything. Windows 10 is fine as far as I can tell. Took the upgrade from 7 to 10, no issues, but I don't use it all that much either. > If you have an OEM license for Windows 7 (i.e. you have the microsoft > sticker on the bottom) you can probably install it in a VM _instead_ of > natively, but you're still limited to one instance. Any more and you'll > definitely need to upgrade to an enterprise license. Microsoft are > notoriously unclear about exactly what virtualisation you can do with > which license, but you're probably not going to get into trouble for > running a single copy. Yeah, you used to be able to virtualise the OEM license if and only if you ran the VM on the original hardware, and ran only one copy. So, buy a machine with OEM Windows, install Linux, run your OEM Win license in a VM on that Linux host, but move it somewhere else and you're in violation. > For example: > > "Q. Can I install OEM software on a virtual machine (VMware)? > > A. You can install OEM software in a virtual environment as long as you > have a separate license for each instance of the software. It is fine to > use the OEM version as long as it is properly licensed. To be clear, a > separate version of the software must be installed for both the > “standard” and “virtual” installations." > > Clear as mud! And that's how they make money :) Cheers, Murf. -- Irish Linux Users Group --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ILUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/group/ilug/. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/a/linux.ie/d/msgid/ilug/5691A957.1060000%40syndicate7.net.