305
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] yellowbadbeast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

I have to ask, why buy a key for the VM at all? Windows functions perfectly fine without one, and you can always use MAS if you want to change your wallpaper or something.

[-] wagesj45@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Entropy reduction. I do a lot of development work and need Visual Studio to work. It's a complex beast already, and I don't need to deal with the headache of fighting some activation hack or running the risk that some DLL or feature is gimped and causes weird behavior in an inactivated state.

[-] zqps@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

FYI there's scripts that will fully activate windows, not via any local modifications to the OS, but via the official Microsoft activation servers.

this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
305 points (99.4% liked)

Linux

11343 readers
593 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS