FREE OS .. ANY!?!

[Zayumham]

Any free operating systems from windows 7 up to 10 that are beta or where i can just download and put on my usb drive.

[Hunched]

no

[_ASSASSIN_]

LINUX POSSIBLY??!?!?

[Juanse]

No such thing, you can get a w10 key on reddit or g2a for $15

[AresKrieger]

From microsoft no, at least not legally free

[QueenDemetria]

Any free operating systems from windows 7 up to 10 that are beta or where i can just download and put on my usb drive.

You can get the OS free from MSDN or getintopc, but you will need a key to use that OS which costs money. There are no "free" ways of owning a legal copy of windows. We also cant talk about piracy here so I wont get into that.

[rattacko123]

Windows insider program

[byalexandr]

Just use Ubuntu.

[Godlygamer23]

Moved to OSes and Software.

[Boink]

If you have no connections to a school or business that has a group license to Windows and you are not a Windows insider from earlier this year then no. G2A sells discounted Windows keys and you may be able to purchase one off Reddit for cheap. Otherwise, there is no legal way to get Windows for less than asking price.

[//FTP]

There is always Linux.....

[z123killer]

I don't think so but you can try linux

[Azgoth 2]

You cannot legally get a free copy of Windows without being in Microsoft's Insider program.  If you're a student somewhere (usually only the case for university students) or work at a reasonably large company/institution of some sort, you might be able to get a deal through your university/employer to get discounted Windows discs/keys, and other software.  E.g.: my dad's company has a deal with Microsoft where employees can purchase the full bells-and-whistles newest version of Office, for personal use, for $20, and my university had discounts between (usually) 15% and 30% through various manufacturers.  Aside from that, though, there's no guaranteed way to get a free, legal copy of Windows.  Unless you count the free upgrade from 7/8/8.1 to 10.

 

As for actually free operating system's, there's always Linux.  A distribution like Elementary, Pinguy OS, Mint, or Ubuntu is great for less advanced users, and you will never pay a cent for downloading and installing and using Linux (some companies offer support/certification/etc, but the operating system itself is still free).  Then there's Debian for more tech-savvy users, and Arch for the people who really know or want to learn a lot about operating systems at a fine-grained level.

 

Linux might not work for you--I don't know if you have specific software needs, and Linux is a bit more prone to weird things going wrong that you have to diagnose and fix yourself, which might not be best if you're less computer-savvy--but of the free operating systems, it's generally the best bet.  You can always buy a cheap Windows key from someone else, though.

[Linus_torvalds]

You can get the OS free from MSDN or getintopc, but you will need a key to use that OS which costs money. There are no "free" ways of owning a legal copy of windows. We also cant talk about piracy here so I wont get into that.

You can install enterprise version it's free for 3 months or windows insider...

[SIGSEGV]

Get Xubuntu, it's free and very good. It's my main OS on my laptop.

http://xubuntu.org/

[Sithhy]

Linux Mint?

[Yongtjunkit]

try this linux distribution sudows 7 se which was created using suse studio and was actually discontinues by the original owner

 

it look like windows 7 with a little mix with some windows 8 GUI but of course there won't be the metro UI that everyone hate.

 

give it a try on a VM first then use it on a real system

 

https://drive.google...bzA&usp=sharing

 

disclaimer: i'm not the real owner of the OS I just have the older version of the os and since the os can't be downloaded from suse gallery anymore so i upload the old version to google drive as the download link appears to be broken 

 

original owner website: http://alteratio.x10host.com/

Edited December 3, 2015 by Yongtjunkit

[Riddler356]

Any free operating systems from windows 7 up to 10 that are beta or where i can just download and put on my usb drive.

windows 10 iot, but idk if it would even work on an x86 pc.

[Brian_Wee]

Lubuntu

[kameshss]

windows 10 iot, but idk if it would even work on an x86 pc.

It'll work. There is a 32 bit version of that OS.

[Riddler356]

It'll work. There is a 32 bit version of that OS.

holy shit, i didn't know about a 32bit win 10 internet of things download, sweet.

[DimasRMDO]

Nah man.... Well you can get Windows but without registering your product key, but that will limit you from using all Windows' features.

Or just use Linux, Ubuntu is nice, well you can get like Fedora, openSUSE, etc. but start with Ubuntu.