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what is the latest version of Firefox that will run on windows 98SE?

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Cliffh999
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Trying to bring DW's old desktop back to life. it's running Win98SE, and she'd like to surf the 'net.

I've tried to get it upgraded to at least WinXP, but no-go, she likes her Win98.

Trying to bring DW's old desktop back to life. it's running Win98SE, and she'd like to surf the 'net. I've tried to get it upgraded to at least WinXP, but no-go, she likes her Win98.

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user633449
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Windows 98 should not be run on the internet, it is an ancient operating system that is full of many known security issues. You are guaranteed to get viruses and malware on a computer that old and what's worse is no anti-virus software will run on it. For just simple internet surfing, installing ubuntu linux will be a safer operating system that is up to date and can run modern Firefox (most websites won't work on 98 either)

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The extended support from Microsoft for the ancient Windows 98 ended in July 2006 at latest. So the ancient Win98 has been vulnerable for 10 years now.

It is one thing to use it offline to play old games or such but it should not be used for online stuff.

What hardware does it have for cpu and amount of Ram as there may be a pretty current light Linux distro that would be far far safer to be doing online stuff with.

If you got say 128MB or more RAM then maybe Lubuntu 14.0 LTS may be able to run smooth on it.

Or maybe even Puppy Linux

Cliffh999
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The link to KernelEx is a big help, thanks.

I'm aware of the potential pitfalls. There are reasons for sticking with Win98 on this system.

I'll just keep a good image of the HDD & restore if/as needed.