Subj : building PC's
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Jul 03 2025 01:03:00

Hi August!

RM> That might be worth a try. I was sort of hoping I might be
RM> able to find a distro that would run in a Window in
RM> Windows 7 to save having to reboot a CD or dual boot

AA>Take a look at CoLinux. http://www.colinux.org/?section=home

I'll add it to the ones to check out..    B)

A brief look online shows it hasn't really been updated in
the last 11 years so it may be too old to solve my issues
unless a Linux version that old can still run a much more
up to date browser.

RM> For the moment all I really need is something that can run
RM> a new enough Browser that will work on the fussy sites. I
RM> recently had to go to the Hydro site where you can apply
RM> for the rebates and it totally refused to even try to load
RM> on my Laptop browser.

RM> As I mentioned, I am running Opera, which uses the same
RM> base as Chrome 109 from October 2023, the final Windows 7
RM> version.

AA>FireFox works well on Win7.  I use that for most banking and
  >sites like you mentioned that have fancy java stuff for fill-in
  >forms.

It's more security and encryption related and I looked into
Firefox a while back and all of the aftermarket browsers pretty
much stopped updating for Windows 7 at the same time.

Checking online, the final release of that which will still run
on Windows 7 was Firefox 115 which was released on July 4th, 2023.

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