Firefox just announced that they are extending Windows 7 support yet again. Despite originally pledging to drop support in 2024 they have now announced yet another 6 month extension and will probably extend after that to 2027 or even match Windows 10 LTSCs support timeline. This gives Windows 7 users an unprecedented 7 years post EOL support.Despite being only 0.7% of Windows users they comprise 5% of Firefox users which are now becoming very lucrative to Mozilla as Windows 7 users are captive to Firefox as they are the only mainstream browser left in town. Despite recommending Linux upgrades it looks like RAM price increases have prevented people from buying new computers forcing them to keep using their ewaste Windows 7 computers and using Firefox.It will be very interesting to see how long the can will be kicked, will we see Windows 7 users in the 2030s?
>>108339135>Despite recommending Linux upgrades it looks like RAM price increases have prevented people from buying new computers forcing them to keep using their ewaste Windows 7 computers and using Firefox.Linux doesn't need more RAM than winshit
>>108339135Well, Firefox is shit, so it doesn't really matter much.
>>108339135>will we see Windows 7 users in the 2030sAs long as there's schizophrenia, there will be fucking XP users in the 2030s along with the 7 users going out of their way to drag unsupported software into the future.
>>108339154>>108339157I'm a trans woman who was severely beaten and raped by my stepfather when I was 9 and these are my opinions
>>108339230But they aren't yours, mister. You lie about this, you lie about your gender; go be disgusting somewhere else >>>/lgbt/
babyduckanon btfo, 7chads stay winning.
>>108339135Supermium already exists, not need for FF 115 ESR.
>>108339135Nobody cares about mozilla's support. We already have a based Chinese autist supporting windows 7 in his own fork.https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7
>>1083391357chads won>>108339157retarded n00b learn how to optimize and customize, ff is literally the ultimate browser
>>108339190Dont forget government employees and public schools on Windows 2000
>>108339135>it looks like RAM price increases have prevented people from buying new computers forcing them to keep using their ewaste Windows 7 computers and using Firefox.ho lee fukchecked prices for ram and ssd and sheet after not caring about that for two yearsis this the new normal? is computer progress dead for the next decade?
>>108342112You'll own nothing and be happy.These are strategic supply shortages and price increases combined with the more overt laws being written to require age verification for all operating systems, with the end goal to control all computing devices like the ATF controls firearms.
>>108339135>Despite being only 0.7% of the population they commit 5% of the crimes
>>108339135based. 7 is perfect, no point to switch to some crap.
>>108340575Ikr one of my boys works at a bowling alley and theres a fucking windows 2000 computer doing fuck knows what.
>use FF with VPN>half the fucking internet flat out doesn't work>open edge>everthing works perfectly fine
>>108339135>It will be very interesting to see how long the can will be kicked, will we see Windows 7 users in the 2030s?the idea is to get them used to firefox
>>108346715Why don't they get those motherfuckers used to using an ubuntu based distro, so that their life doesn't go sideways when their old ass computer dies. and they can't load 7 on a new one?
>>108339135>Windows 7 users are captive to Firefox as they are the only mainstream browser left in townVery important information. Posting from my win 7 with vivaldi though. Guess it isn't a mainstream browser then. It does get a tad slow at times, but then again I tend to have several hundred tabs open always. The "hibernated backround tabs" function helps
>>108347030updoot-chuds btfo
>>108339135Server 2012 and 2012 R2 have ESU support from Microsoft until October. Makes sense that they'd keep extending support until at least that long.
Every windows 7 user is probably a nostalgiajak There would be a picrel but I'm not verifying my email
>>108347658They have to be, Windows 7 came out when I was a teenager, loved the times with it, but I wouldn't spend any effort at all trying to keep using it, it made more sense to get a better computer where you could at least get an up to date Linux that would deliver a good experience going foward into the future, with newer computers, up to date open source software, etc.
>>108339135>Despite recommending Linux upgrades it looks like RAM price increases have prevented people from buying new computers forcing them to keep using their ewaste Windows 7 computers and using Firefox. Can't you just run Linux on those ewaste Windows 7 computers?
>>108347707Yes, my main laptop is a dual core 2013 Ivy bridge piece of shit with 16GB of RAM stuffed in it, and my HTPC is an FX-8350 with Mint on it, total e-waste computers, but they still get around fine, the 8350 likes Linux better than 7 because 7's kernel has no clue how to use an AMD FX processor, that's why having up to doot software can be a good thing.
7-zip still supports Windows 2000. Why can't Firefox?
>>108347658My windows experience goes from 3.1 -> 95 -> 98SE -> XP -> XP64 -> 7. I don't have any particular nostalgia for 7, but it is the last windows that seemed like a straight upgrade from the previous one. Win 10 had some forced update & telemetry fuckery iirc when it came out, but I think it's usable now. I got this computer in 2019, and installed 7 due to an annoying legacy project I was working on. The project is over now, but I just haven't had a reason to upgrade, and now that win 10 is eol, I probably won't. Win 11 seems abhorrent in it's current state, and I have doubts that microslop can unfuck it sufficiently for regain my faithAll the software I need still work just fine. Mozilla based browsers work, and Vivaldi works. Even still Steam works, even though they were implying it would stop working quite a while ago. VxKex exists, though I can't remember if I've actually needed it for anything yet
>>108347658Windows 11 requires email verification in order to send a picrel to 4chin? Grim
>>108339135>upgrades it looks like RAM price increases have prevented people from buying new computers forcing them to keep using their ewaste Windows 7 computers and using Firefox.If someone in 2026 is still using Windows 7, the RAM prices aren't the problem
>>108348283>If someone in 2026 is still using Windows 7, the RAM prices aren't the problemThat's correct. Windows 8, 10 and 11 are.
>>108347734it does know if you update the scheduler and install something like park control so it gets the right power profile. my fx8350 is in 10 now. i'll jump to linux later.
>>108348023reaper supports windowsxpthe issue is that "new" heavily relies on 3rd party bullshit that updates and doesn't care about old versions of your OS. is more work for them to port s shit back. they don't have the money or time to do it. they need to pay more to the CEO
>>108348976Based fellow 8350 user, I did have the hotfix for 7 to park the cores, but Windows 10 seemed to run way better than 7 on my 8350 when the chrome support ran out, it just seemed like Windows 8 onward and FX processors were a match made in heaven, I really regret not running Linux on my 8350 from jump street, would've just been using an ever evolving kernel instead of one stuck in 2009, but whatever.
>>108348283Funnily enough RAM prices are a sort of a problem for my upgrade aspirations. I've been waiting for Intel to launch their granite rapids workstation chips to see if they can compete with threadrippers. I was planning to build a ~32 core workstation with whatever is fastest in my application. Well now granite rapids ws is out, but it's moot, because I ain't paying the current RAM prices. Not unless my workload changes to something that I can't get done with my current setup. I wouldn't put win 7 in the new machine
>>108339135>Despite being only 0.7% of Windows usersthis can't be right
>>108349421It's a dead OS Anon, less than 1% is probably correct even with the margin of error for scrapers n shit like that.
>>108339135Anybody still using Windows 7 deserves the malware they will gett. Based GNU/Linux user
>>108339154Fedora uses 2.3GB after a cold boot.
>>108339135>ewasteUnless you are running local models or a handful of high-end videogames there's really no legit technical reason why you need recent hardware.
>>108349562It depends entirely on your setup, you disingenuous faggot.
>>108349528Windows 7 is not like XP you stupid moron. There are far more malware targeting Windows 11 because backdoors in Windows 7 got fixed. That is why there was a massive push to move into Windows 10. When the Windows 10 backdoors got leaked Microsoft had to break their promise of no more Windows versions and pull Windows 11 from their asshole, with brand new exploits.
>>108350018Yeah I used win7 until switching to Linux in 2022, never got any malware.
>>108350220Same, common sense best antivirus, you can be on a brand new computer or a new phone and get btfo by social engineering, that's the hot new shit.
>>108345445>Ikr one of my boys works at a bowling alley and theres a fucking windows 2000 computer doing fuck knows whatWorking. Something modern jeetware can't seem to figure out.
why not just upgrade to a newer base instead of extending then?
>>108351017Right. Computers used to be for solving problems not monetizing attention.
Didn't read the thread, just search filtered "Firefox" to complain about something:How is WebGPU STILL not supported on Firefox Linux in the year of our lord 2026? It's actually insane.
>>108352073this is actually a windows 7 thread
>>108339135so you guys moan about data collection but here mozilla can achieve this thanks to it
