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My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn't an option

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[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Considering it's a laptop with a working Windows, it probably already has a licence for the hardware. Just download from Microsoft, wipe disk and install it and see if it works.