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Firefox is ending support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, and users are urged to switch to Linux
(www.pcgamer.com)
95 was the last good windows i said what i said
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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98SE enters the chat
I did like 98SE a lot, was impressed by 95 and loved 3.1, but the first really great, stable, modern windows was 2k
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With the list of old Windows vulnerabilities so extensive Firefox could simply just install Linux for users like that.
Most of them (I assume such VMs don't use browsers) would just click [Agree] and then [Next] a few times, never knowing what was it about, maybe not even noticing any differences.
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