Thread 106564019

Major happening, Windows 7 support has been discontinued by Google. As well as earlier Windows plus the Lynx and Links browser (mentioned on the orange site). It looks like Google is upping the browser requirements from when it used to work on almost anything due to the increasing amount of AI features plus also cracking down on companies that scrape Google results.

What ever you think about old web browsers and operating systems, Google had the resources to support them, and now chooses not to. Expect a lot of ewaste from this.

>But you can still use random github browser or extended extended support release Firefox

Need a browser to download a browser, and using a usb stick from another pc with a newer os is basically the same thing.

>>106564019 (OP)
>Need a browser to download a browser
Good time to begin using search engines other than Google

>>106564019 (OP)
>Major happening
>Windows 7

Windows 8.1 still works for now and possibly Windows 7 if you manage to install IE11, but then again you have to solve the browser paradox.

>>106564019 (OP)
But you can still use random github browser or extended extended support release Firefox.

This is about IE not Windows 7.

Faggot.

>still using win7
Mental illness.

>>106564175
>You need to update because ... umm, you just need to okay!

>>106564185
Seek help.

>>106564185
>umm, you just need to okay!
Isn't your inability to use the software you want a pretty compelling reason to try a different operating system?

>>106564221
What software would that be?

>>106564246
google.com, apparently.

>>106564019 (OP)
AI is the death of the internet

>>106564246
You can go to google.com on Windows 7, what are you talking about.

OP is just being retarded and using Internet Explorer.

>>106564019 (OP)
choco install googlechrome -y

>>106564185
>You need to update because
there hasn't been a security update for that OS for half a fucking decade and there is a compiled list of known vulnerabilities that literally anyone in the world can look up and use.

>>106564266
meant for >>106564252

>>106564019 (OP)
OP just use AeroThemePlasma

>>106564269
None of those vulnerabilities affect me.

Some faggot tried to prove that Windows XP is insecure and he had to go out of his way to remove all default protections to get hacked.

>>106564307
unstable piece of shit

>>106564337
AeroThemePlasma works great. Haven't had any crashes, I'd go as far as to say it's more stable than the vanilla Plasma panel.

>>106564326
You are sitting there with IE open. IE is integrated into the OS via the MSHTML embedded bullshit. It is forever unpatched.
The fucking kernel itself allows for privilege escalation with the Win32k LPEs vulnerabilities.
You are either delusional or do absolutely nothing of any real value on that machine.
Even the fucking print spooler is compromised.

when was the last time any /g/ user had ie 8 or whatever the fuck ootb? if u used simplix to slipstream updates you'd have ie 11
>>106564307
>krashes
>doesn't just werk
>only runs troonware
uhhhh... xisters?

>Using Windows 7 online instead of any random Linux distro that can run Windows 7 programs.
ISHYGDDT

>>106564518
>run programs through some shitty emulation
>use linux when windows 10 has updates until 2032

>>106564538
(you) and that's all (YOU) get

>>106564019 (OP)
>Need a browser to download a browser
You can type in "mozilla.org" without using Google, you know.

>>106564019 (OP)
You are not even trying dude. You could at least try make your b8 somewhat believable by using old chromium or firefox.

>>106564019 (OP)
i'm literally using it right now. wtf are you talking about? you can still load google on windows fucking 98.

>>106564538
>windows 10 has updates until 2032
Security updates, sure, but you're stuck on the old kernel forever. New apps wills stop working and new hardware won't even get drivers.

>>106564019 (OP)
Not a problem with Firefox.

I'm so demoralized from Windows 11 it's unreal.

>>106564019 (OP)
Pretty sure it won't be based on features and faking the browser id will be good enough to keep using this worthless slop.

wincucks lmao

>>106564307
>that title bar
pure unfettered ass

>>106565570
Only happens on Geckium because of a Geckium bug

>>106565201
Redmond and glowfaggots shell out millions to jeets to relentlessly shill Win11 because of (((AI)))

>>106565631
It's got far more wrong with it than ai.

>>106564019 (OP)
That's not even the latest IE supported, you spaz.

>>106565201
Just mod it.

>>106564019 (OP)
just use supremium

>>106564019 (OP)
Even edge ran on win7

>>106564776
The drivers thing dawned on me when I went to update my mobo's wifi and BT drivers. None offered for W10. Fuck, I'm still coming to terms with having to switch to 11. Already use it for work and don't have much nice to say about it

>>106565835
Linux is good now man, let Windows 11 be your work OS but save yourself the bullshit at home.

>>106564395
>print spooler vulnerability
>only affects people with lexmarq/compact printers from fucking 1999
>this vuln also affects win11, today
this retard just read the front page of cvedetails and think they know things.
this retard just

windows users dont actually care about security, or they would use literally anything else. why expose yourself to the largest attack surface to ever exist? windows is the #1 target for everyone up to and including the nsa, which come up with exploits and dont even tell microshit! this argument is always retarded. redditors really think daddy microjew work around the clock to keep them safe at night like fucking batman. delusional

>>106565845
>save yourself the bullshit
I got the latest version of Mint installed with dual boot. Fire it up and had not internet due to dated ethernet drivers. So I had to boot back into Windows, bring the drivers into Linux then manually run the install script via cmd. Just to get the fucking ethernet working. That was some serious bullshit.
I played around with it for a few hours and it was fine. But it feels really dated and archaic.

>>106564019 (OP)
>Expect a lot of ewaste from this.
Like 99% of windows 7 machines are just boxes in a store or business that never use the browser at all though.
Install a different OS that gets support if you have a shitty piece of hardware that can't run the newer versions

>>106565926
>So I had to boot back into Windows, bring the drivers into Linux
skill issue. retards always bumble their way through and then blame the os.

>>106565951
Having to manually install ethernet drivers on the latest available version of an OS is pretty fucking stupid. Who is going to be interested in converting from windows when these are the hoops you have to jump through just to get things running.
Also, I got the NVIDIA display drivers installed once the internet was fucking working, rebooted and had a permanent black screen with blinking cursor. So I'm doing safe boot and booting and older kernel or recovery mode just to get things running again.
If you have unlimited time to be dicking around and tinkering with things, then I guess Linux can be fine. But for people with jobs and families and committments, spending 100% of your allocated computer time on just getting the OS to work isnt going to fly

>>106565926
>I got the latest version of Mint installed
Oh god there's your problem. Mint is NOT good. People walk away from Linux because they get told "it's the streamlined Linux" when that hasn't been true for years. Mint is dated and archaic as fuck but was genuinely groundbreaking in the 2010's...sadly, it's still carrying a 2010's reputation that is completely undeserved when any modern distro with Plasma 6 exists. I could give a laundry list of reasons why Mint sucks but I'm sure you're already well acquainted just by using it. I promise you Mint's problems won't molest you on actually modern distros.

>Major happening
>implying anyone still uses Internet Explorer, let alone IE8, for daily browsing
Next thing you'll tell us is that you're a hetero, OP

>>106566021
>spending 100% of your allocated computer time on just getting the OS to work isnt going to fly
That's just a Mint problem, I'm seriously telling you that's just a Mint problem. Aurora, Ultramarine, Bazzite, CachyOS, all of them just fucking work. Linux Mint was designed to be as user friendly as possible by 2012 standards, but in 2012 Linux wasn't even a serious desktop OS; it IS a serious desktop OS in 2025 and is outright easier and more convenient with less setup than Windows, as long as you don't pick Mint lol

>>106564019 (OP)
Why not let it run until it breaks naturally?

>>106564019 (OP)
I quite like windows 11. I always turn off animations of course

>>106566021
>goes with the "you need to be unemployed" line
oh, so its a shill. disregard then.

>>106564019 (OP)
>Need a browser to download a browser, and using a usb stick from another pc with a newer os is basically the same thing
Simply keep a newer browser on a CD. Replace the CD every few years. That's how I get my XP machines online.

>>106566057
You're a moron. Anon had the exact expected experience from following the common platitudinous advice "just install Mint" and got met with the obvious reality that Mint hasn't been worth a fuck in years. You're not doing a good job convincing him to choose an actually good distro; instead you're teaching him that Linux well and truly sucks and its userbase are all coping fags. Fact is, when someone uses a shit distro that's misleadingly sold to them as the best Linux for Windows users, and they rightfully hate it for being a shit distro, they're not going to blame the distro; they're going to blame Linux.

>>106566021
>i have a job and family so i dont have time for linux
>i DO however have the time to argue about it and why people should only use wangblowz

>>106566099
works on my machine. i didnt have any of the problems (you) claim to have.

>>106566024
>>106566041
It was THE go to rec here for new Linux users 10 years ago. I always had it in the back of my mind and didn't realize so much had changed. I'm open to trying other distros but what a PITA

>>106566057
>>106566102
My first post is saying how much I hate Windows 11. Do you guys have reading comprehension issues?

>>106566099
>You're not doing a good job convincing him to choose
i dont care about convincing people to make their own decisions. i know you are a corporate shill with the sole objective of convincing people not to even try, so this is above you really, but i really dont care. you are free to use a dogshit os that makes all the decisions for "this pc", it doesnt bother me. those who care will put the effort in.

>>106566177
>corporate shill
Which corporation?

>>106566041
First time I hear about Aurora. It seems interesting, but I can't even tell what distro it's based on, and the flatpak-centric approach scares me.

>>106564019 (OP)
the real question people should be asking is why the fuck niggers websites are even able to know your operating system and hardware

>>106564019 (OP)
idk man works on my machine

>>106566699
its a targeted denial because microjew is shitting their pants over people being disappointed in windows 11 and trying alternatives

An old version of Edge has official Windows 7 support.

Win11 with windhawk is 95% the OS I want.

Using win7 is massive cope.

>>106565863
>this retard... they
while your point is correct, you used the agrammatical "singular they" and are therefore disqualified, sorry

>>106568154
>to use Win11 you need... some adjustments
>ok but what if I use Win7 and do "some adjustments"?
>NOOOOO, IT'S COPEEE!

>>106564143
Portable browser to the rescue

>>106564175
Worse.
>still using internet explorer

>>106564307
That's pretty cool, never heard of it before.

I have a 13700K and a W7 partition but unfortunately it's just not viable anymore thanks to faggot jew tranny devs arbitrarily not supporting it despite being faster in every single way

>>106566699
Observed on 72.09.2025

>>106564143
>Windows 8.1 still works for now
The sooner it dies the better, that garbage OS (originally intended to be put on smartphones and tablets mind you) is what finally drove me into learning how to use GNU+Troonix.

>>106565716
^This, did they start putting ads and shit into the file manager? >>106565631

>>106564175
I used to dual boot it off a separate drive for a few niche scenarios but I haven't done that in a while so I'll probably just reformat that hard drive into a storage drive for videos.

Linux Mint is great. That is all.

>>106564269
He knows, he's counting on it.

>>106564019 (OP)
>Change client fingerprint
>It just werks

>>106564269
>choco install googlechrome -y
That requires them to have chocolatey installed.
>Requirements
>Windows Server 2008 R2+ / Windows 10+
Uh-oh, STINKY.
>Check our knowledge base for legacy OSes!
https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/information/support-lifecycle
>404 page not found
LMAO. Why on Earth would anyone WILLINGLY use this over winget?

>>106565201
That's why I'm going Arch (which I use, BTW).

MS has pissed me off enough over the course of 8 and 9 that 10 ("11") is a "no" for me.

>>106564174
>This is about IE not Windows 7.
Was about to say this, OP was just trying to look for an excuse to shit on Chaddows 7
>>106564175
>Being a tranny
Mental illness.
>>106564307
It's not nearly finished given the dev is a lazy melanated individual

>>106566021
>Also, I got the NVIDIA display drivers
There's your problem. Blame NoVidya instead of Linux devs. NoVidya has been a NOTORIOUS problem for Linux since the 1990's.

>>106564019 (OP)
>Need a browser to download a browser
You can't go to https://ftp.mozilla.org ?

>>106564307
Holy shit, a Windows theme for Linux that actually looks good.

>>106564019 (OP)
I wonder exactly what hot new feature they absolutely need in Win 8.1 that isn’t in Win 7.

I suspect they put in more effort to artificially kill it than just to let it be and do nothing.

>>106565201
then don't use it, I dual boot artix and 7

>>106564307
is there a vista version

>>106569960
Yep, VistaThemePlasma:
https://gitgud.io/catpswin56/vistathemeplasma
Tutorial here: https://youtu.be/S6l1peUm_c0

>>106569656
>It's not nearly finished
What's missing about it? It's pixel-perfect and matches all of Win7's functionality and more.

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I use it but im a third worlder

>>106566387
Aurora is based on Fedora. Yeah Flatpaks aren't for everybody, but there's also Ultramarine and CachyOS which aren't Flatpak-reliant and both just werk

gopher g6

You can probably spoof your browser version and whatnot. I'm not a webshit dev so I don't know more than this.

>>106564019 (OP)
yeah sorry. I was using old user agents to scrape google search

>>106569404
Oh yeah, they don't teach you guys the proper way to draw one and seven anymore, do they?

>>106564019 (OP)
Run a Debian machine with iceWM or something and a QEMU VM at this point.

>>106564019 (OP)
i can't believe the jews have done this

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