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Running on Windows XP SP3 x86 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 04.02.2020, 04:53

> > > Do you know anybody working on a 32-bit Firefox >60 running on XP x86?
> >
> > nope, any post fx53 is very hard to backport as mozilla actively
> > replace XP compatible functions with 7+ functions.
> > not to mention rust not producing XP compatible binaries.
>
> I see. :-|
>
> I installed Arch Linux 32 + Chromium now in MS Virtual PC 2007 to have
> access to a decent browser. Could be a little faster, but it's fast enough
> to use GitHub from time to time.
I don't really know your use cases, experiences, preferences, nor requirements. Personally, I don't use computers for anything but a hobby. So this isn't very good advice.

My old Dell laptop (2010) has been wearing out, especially the hard drive, for years. (Hard drives last about four years on average, I think. Even the battery I replaced, but that only lasted two years.) Even before Win7 was EOL'd last month, I tended to use several jump drives to boot Linux (32-bit antiX or 64-bit Xenial Puppy) instead. They do have some optional persistence for saving. antiX uses Firefox ESR, and Puppy uses (updated) PaleMoon. (My main desktop from 2011 had its hard drive replaced early last year, but it only runs now-dead Win7. Previously, I'd triple-booted with Lucid Puppy Linux and FreeDOS. I may resize the NTFS and install Ubuntu + WINE later.)

But, mainly, it's probably best to have more than one working device (don't put all your eggs in one basket). I bought an (Android) Samsung Galaxy Tab A (late 2017 model) tablet in early 2018 (to replace my dead Lenovo tablet). Then I bought a low-end Dell Chromebook (2019) two months ago, which I'm using now.

I'm not sure if that really gives you any ideas, but that's what I've been using. At least for simple web browsing, email, and some videos on YouTube, it seems to work fine. (The Chromebook does have beta Linux [under QEMU/KVM] cmdline-only support and some Android app support now, too. The Chromebook and Android tablet both get very good battery life compared to my ancient laptop.)

Oh, SeaMonkey claims to still support XP SP2. I thought for sure you would've tried that already. Oh, 2.49.5 (last September?) is the last one supporting XP (ESR 52). Yeah, I hate how web browsers are so quickly outdated for major websites.

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