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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 21:36:11 JST kaia
   received the Windows 11 laptop. it looks like KDE?
   
   do I have to save something Windows 11 license-wise before installing Lubuntu?
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     casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 21:51:54 JST casey is remote

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     @kaia It really is insane how much #Windows11 looks like a #Linux distro at this point

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     ♡ miss olivia ♡ (voltrina@social.freedombits.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 21:52:02 JST ♡ miss olivia ♡

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     @kaia nope, the OEM license is tied to the BIOS nowadays
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     gray (gray@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 21:52:06 JST gray

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     @kaia no the windows license should be written in the BIOS
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     Thiago, Jedi (jedi@bolha.us)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 22:02:59 JST Thiago, Jedi

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     @kaia theoretically, the license is in the hardware, so you may install win11 back later without any hassle

     You also may find the "product key" somewhere in the package.

     Or something. I don't use Windows since Windows 8

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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 22:45:00 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     @kaia No the license is incremented in the UEFI/hardware you can actually extract it by using cat
     
     cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
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     Chirayu :verified: :twit: (mountdiscovery@twit.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:00:02 JST Chirayu :verified: :twit:

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     @kaia most OEM ship with Digital Licence so go ahead and install your Linux Distro

     When you reinstall Windows via the Media Creation Tool, it will auto apply the version of your Windows
     https://twit.social/@mountdiscovery/114332225182981038

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:00:15 JST kaia

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     • Chirayu :verified: :twit:
     @mountdiscovery makes sense, thanks!
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:00:22 JST 翠星石

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     @realcaseyrollins @kaia windows 11 only looks like the handful of dumpster-fire proprietary systemd/Linux distros.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:07:13 JST 翠星石

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     @realcaseyrollins @kaia Did I stutter?
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     casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 23:07:14 JST casey is remote

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     @Suiseiseki @kaia IDK, I get some #Ubuntu vibes from #Windows11