funkajunk

Put a smart bulb in there and set it to 0% brightness. Toggle it back on if you need to use it.

Take out the bulb

1. The actual time needed to wipe out Windows and install is under 30 minutes.
2. See above.
3. Prebuilt machines use OEM keys, which are $10-$20 at best - whoever you buy the system from is definitely getting a volume discount. In my opinion, a small sacrifice to be free of M$.

Too many sweats

Pretty much all modern Linux installers offer to wipe the existing drive and overwrite. Just prepare a USB drive and boot from it, then follow the steps in the wizard.

Create bootable media - Linux Mint

I just said what works best for me. Use the command line and compose files if you want.

Yep, Debian and then add Portainer - for me this is the easiest setup to manage.

One of the few things that accursed software actually got right!

I just got my email 2 minutes ago!

How else are you going to get your hands on the latest build of Hannah Montana Linux?

SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM, RAWR RAWR

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