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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
^ This is brilliant, Dennis, thanks. But I think I like the challenge of working with the junkers (in this case computers--my car is a 2004 Chevy). I probably shouldn't but there's something thrilling to me about taking something off the junk heap and making it work. (In this instance taking the $59 computer and turning it into a Windows 10 powerhouse. LOL) The computer I'm on now (my best computer) was getting thrown out at work because it crashed (running Windows). Now I have Xubuntu 16.04LTS on it and it's been uber-reliable for years. Now whether I should be doing this stuff is another question altogether.
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You like the challenge, want to do it, and find it an acceptable use of your time. It's a hobby.
Under the stated circumstances I don't see why you shouldn't do it.
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After reading this a second time I think I could do it.
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I do too, assuming the target will acceptably run Win10. That's where I'd do homework, and try to find out whether others have successfully run Win10 on those machines. (My experience with the Dell was that Win10 technically
ran, but not very well. The HP has been much better.)
You have a machine with a rock solid Ubuntu installation. There are many Linux distros. What made you choose Ubuntu?
I chose it for ease. Ubuntu did the best job I'd seen in a Linux distro of figuring out what it was installing on, setting itself up, and Just Working, with minimal intervention from me. (Video and networking are particular problem children.) I wanted to use Ubuntu, and not spend my time fiddling to be able to use it.
Along those lines, Win10 tries really hard to have a trouble free installation, and for good reason.
Historically, Windows users generally didn't upgrade Windows in place. They got a new version of Windows when they got a new machine that came with a new version. But hardware has gotten steadily more powerful and cheaper. There will be far less need for users to upgrade to a new machine to get more power. So getting existing users to upgrade to Win10 means making that as easy and friction free as possible. The free upgrade offer was part of it. It could be done online, or you could download the media for later install like I did.
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Dennis