you can barely browse web with old linux, lets say Slackware 14.2. released in 2015 and having major internet browser updates up until May 2023slackware continues to have kernel updates that fix security leaks but whats the point if you cant browse web anymore?it contains these browsers:-you can install Vivaldi (stuck at year 2023, if you force a later version it will crash at start)-comes with firefox, stuck at year 2021, or more like it comes with year 2015 version but update is available up to 2021-you can install opera, last version that works is from early 2023, others will crash without stating the exact error message-brave has sames as opera-you can compile palemoon yourself, even a version from 2026 will compile if its GTK3, but it will crash withot a warning message during start..-palemoon source files from early 2023 will work after compilationdue to stuck in year 2023, most web pages no longer work>lets look at Windows 7 thenyou update windows 7 SP1 to the year 2013 and stop udpating after thatyou install r3dfox browserthen you browse all modern internet pages of year 2026 without problemsthis means a windows 7 stuck at year 2013 is more functional than linux 2015 + as many updates as possibleHOWEVER it wasnt always so>Windows 7 was useless during years 2019 to 2022 and it became good later because it won Linux in its own game, due to Linuces integration with Systemd which now stops old linux from functioning in GUI modes
>>108909138Linux is a kernel, and Linux is not slackwareStill, interesting threadThere is no need to coompile pm yourself, they still offer binaries for older computers, I think the catch was that they are community maintained or something like that
>>108909138What kind of retarded wintoddler cope is that? Nobody runs old Linux distributions at desktop. Only enterprises run old Linux versions and they pay for LTS support.Only retarded wintoddlers are running older versions of OSes because they have PTSD from being constantly fucked by Microslop.
>>108909162if you dont run old systems, you are affected by modern surveillance systems, thats a bummermodern linux is compatible with internet surveillance, old is notwindows 7 does not contain surveillance systems if you dont install updates in it, yet it can run r3dfox browser to open any internet page
>>108909162Lintroons will never be able to browse the web on an old distro without Gnome 3/4, Systemd, and Wayland.Meanwhile I'm sitting here with Chrome 147 on Windows 7 and it just werks.>blhablhablhalah muh babyduck waaah you cant do that le insecure obsolete deprecated unsupportedAHAHAHAHAHA lintodlers btfo
>>108909159>There is no need to coompile pm yourselfdoesnt matter because version later than May 2023 will crash in slackware 14.2.but not in slackware 15 since it contains small portion of systemd..
>>108909173how do you get chrome 147 work in windows 7 thoughI need to use supermium instead of official chrome
>>108909162have fun with your RCE vulnerabilities and your gaping open source full of chinks and bad actors
>>108909184vxkexhttps://github.com/i486/VxKex
>>108909176Disturbing, I might give it a try to see how bad it is
>>108909173Lol we don't have to cling to old Linux because Linux isnt in decline like windows.
>>108909201>>108909176Anon why the FUCK is the slackware site lacking httpsThey still develop this distro right?
>>108909218I dont know the reason for thisSome mirror sites do use https but they are not "official slackware sites"For example universities tend to keep Slackware images for sharinglike Norwegian university of technology?
>>108909196>github hackshitI can't believe I've lived long enough to see windows users doing Linux user shit to make browser work on the last non pozzed windows, and Linux users not have to do anything but run the latest of their distribution and have the browser be up to date and just work
>>108909240however there are two fully functional year 2026 browsers for Windows 7;-supermium (its just chromium clone but source is compiled on windows 7 in such manner it will continue to work on windows 7 instead of requiring win 10 minimum)ONE MAN does the supermium executables, if he quits, there is no one else to make them-available in all chrome languages-r3dfox, its a firefox clone where firefox latest source is tweaked so that it would compile in Windows 7backed by COMMINITY of several people who create the executables-only US english is available
>>108909240>Linux users not having to do anything except JUST UPDOOT AND STOP RESISTING, GOYkek might as well claim that I can "Just" update to windows 11 and everything will work too, retardfreetards really are mentally ill
>>108909173>on an old distro without Gnome 3/4, Systemd, and Wayland.all of those have modern solutions, winjeetunlike windows, you don't have to cling to deprecated versions to get what you want
>>108909432there is nothing to go around systemd in the year 2026except ditching linux and embracing BSDs
>>108909240you can't do vxkex shit in linux lmao
>>108909444>there is nothing to go around systemd in the year 2026except all the distros you could find by just fucking looking it up>even suggesting cuck licenselmao
>>108909138use case for porn network?
>>108909463bowing to systemd is not "going around it"like Gentoo:-elogind (fully systemd compatible)
>>108909309Then get windows 11 if its so gus facet, but you won't because windows has been ass since build 7600
>>108909173>without Gnome 3/4, Systemd, and Wayland.*ahem*you can install whatever the fuck browser you want
>>108909490>bowing>by not using it
>>108909490kek lil nigga hasn't heard of seatd+turnstile
>>108909138>Linux: never breaks userspace>glibc: always breaks userspaceBlame GNU, I guess.
>>108909563>Wayland-onlyKys
>>108909173>>108909184>I'm running chrome on Windows 7!>kernel patched with functionality from newer Windows versionsYeah yeah, now go fuck yourself.
>>108909190Wow, I'm sure old ass unsupported Windows version (and old ass Linux distro) is free of security vulnerabilitiesRetard
What?You know you can just download the precompiled firefox for linux, it works with with old distros most of the time check sys reqshttps://www.firefox.com/en-US/download/linux/https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/151.0/system-requirements/
>>108909712well I am running Supermium + R3dfox though!with completely year 2013 locked Windows 7(Supermium and R3dfox builds are still from 2026 but turns out they run with Windows 7 core functionality, infact they would also start up in Vista altough probably internet browsing in Vista is botched)
>>108909743Turns out OP is a faggot after all and thread was made for nothing?https://chat.deepseek.com/share/3re80hkdjxsz61cvzv
>>108909743this has the same problem as does Palemoon in Slackware 14.2.it crashes without stating why it crashes
>>108909846why wont you try it yourself? it will crash
>>108909213win 7 anon thinks hes smart pretending he doesnt understand this, smdh
>>108909172>windows 7 does not contain surveillance systemsLook up Windows 7 DoublePulsar and Windows XP (not Amazon) Alexa. Windows has been backdoored since the AOL dialup days and maybe earlier.
>>108909138>>108909172>>108909173Can you even run that WinTroon 7 with GNU Boot on Libre hardware? Holy cope. Nobody gives a fuck about your Spyware 7 China Government Edition with over 30 thousand new CVEs and bugs every month.
>>108910015ransomware and viruses doesnt even work on my machine, they require windows 10
>>108909854> it crashes without stating why it crashesSome library is probably out of date or missing who knows. You can try ff115, it was released in 2023 but still supportedhttps://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/115.36.0esr/linux-x86_64/en-US/There is also thorium i386 sse2 builds supposedly works in old distros like ubuntu 16.04 but i haven’t tried themhttps://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/releases
>>108910047>You can try ff115, it was released in 2023 but still supportedIt would serve no purpose because Brave yearly version 2023 is better than such an old firefoxOnly a more recent firefox would beat Brave
>>108910086Purpose is security updates
>>108910030Yes they do and most of them are not even known and never will.https://app.opencve.io/cve/?q=product%3Awindows_7
>>108909138>you update windows 7 SP1 to the year 2013 and stop udpating after thatAnd why is that, may I ask?>t. Someone that did all this shit for a Boomer that WANTED Windows 7 (because they're old) but was too much a Boomer to NOT just rebuy Sim City 4 on GOG/pirate it and install that version without a shit ton of fixesOh, because later updates break Windows 7 "functionality" for your older shit unless you remove kb09842305843098549038539048590348 that breaks a DRM scheme? That why you don't update past 2013 to Win 7 2021?
>>108909638Problem with linux is it does not provide anything for writing desktop applications. So even if linux does not break userspace, the user space it provides is limited to primitive console applications.
>>108910345performance gets attacked by "security patches" the further you update your windows 7meltdown/spectre bug of year 2018: there was a fix for windows 7but it steals intel CPUs performance by -15%no update = no performance lossdoes spectral attacks exist in internet?thats a tricky one but no one has seen them
>>108909138Windows backward compatibility is second only to IBM mainframe and midrange (z/System, AS/400). Linux remains sort of largely compatible at source level until you introduce a fuckton of GUI frameworks and whatnot. Thankfully, VMs exist now.
>>108909138>MUH SECURITY MUH SECURITY YOU NEED A SECURE BROWSER AIIIEEEE>99.9999% of people are just going to browse the same 4 locked down websites every day or ask an AI to tell them things anywayThere's no risk to the average user from these random exploits if you have a normal router with default settings anyway, all of the lack of compatibility bullshit is caused by truly insane fearmongering.
>>108909138Let's be honest here, this thread is a giant cope.If you could just run the Windows 7 userland maintained and modernized running on a modern NT kernel You would. Linux effectively allows this because of the license, Windows doesn't, you now have to resort to making shit up and make hacks like classic 7 to have something remotely similar.
>>108909138Update you stupid fuck
>>108909138>Windows 7 was useless during years 2019 to 2022 and it became good later because it won Linux in its own gamefirst of all: holy eslsecondly: it wasn't, Win 7 has always been useable
>>108909172>if you dont run old systems, you are affected by modern surveillance systems, thats a bummerlol. Lmao, even>modern linux is compatible with internet surveillance, old is not>windows 7 does not contain surveillance systems if you dont install updates in it, yet it can run r3dfox browser to open any internet pageyeah this bait is so shit not even a poojeet would touch it
>>108909162>Only enterprises run old Linux versions and they pay for LTS support.why do you feel the need to talk about things that you know nothing about?
>>108909138Slackware doesn't even resolve dependencies lol, it's meant to be entirely managed by the end user. Management includes sufficiently updating your system so you can run the latest Firefox. Couldn't you have used an actual LTS distro from the era that (might?) still has enterprise support?
>>108911737>LTS distro from 2015, used in 2026I'm afraid they are all systemd, but Slackware aint
>>108909138>download the firefox binary with wget>use it>????>PROFIT!!!
>>108911951firefox doesnt work either in Linux or Windows 7it requires recent OS
>>108909682>gayland-onlynot anymorehttps://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/202
>>108911370XP? would be tempting because of nostalgia.ribbon 7? fuck no.
>>108911965it's open sores why don't you just backport it? oh right because nobody uses old versions of linux in the first place
>>108911871If you're using an 11yo point release then systemd is the least of your concerns
>>108909218use case for encrypting static public webpages?
>>108912217Huh I didn't know Devuan packaged XLibre. That's pretty nice. Glad I started using it for a small server I'm running ('ate systemd. 'ove bsd. need 'inux for docker container slop. simple as).
>>108909138Oi Pekkä, mä muistan sua. Anyhow, why are you such a schizo about old operating systems? You refused Linux for a long time, because you wanted to keep using a 17yo version of Windows. And yet when you finally consider Linux, you nevertheless autistically insist on an 11yo distribution. Are you a masochist and/or a retard?
>>108912232windows xp is completely unsafe on internet, 7 isnt
>>108912280it's still WIP, you can find more info herehttps://github.com/xlibre-debian/devuanI'll switch once it's considered stable, so probably in Freia
>>108912217Well this is nice. Thx anon might try it out now
>>108912280just got it after reading your comment, it's significantly faster to boot and has lower latency.thanks for nooticing!
