
Will Firefox continue to work on Windows 10?
Can anyone tell me, please, how long I should be able to keep accessing Firefox on a Windows 10 tablet after Microsoft withdraws support for Windows 10 later this year? I seem to remember being able to access the internet on an old laptop as a 'test' a year or two after I'd stopped using it after Microsoft stopped supporting whatever version of Windows was on it, but I can't remember whether it was via Firefox or Internet Explorer or some other Microsoft browser. If Firefox will still 'work' will Microsoft withdrawing support for Windows 10 have any effect on how well it 'works', and/or how secure etc it will be? I am going to try to install some sort of Linux on the tablet (well) before Microsoft abandons Windows, but if it turns out I can't install Linux, I'm hoping I should at least be able to access the internet via Firefox. Thanks to anyone who can help. (ps I'm not sure whether this is the right place to post this question, it's just that performance and connectivity seemed to me [in my ignorance] to be most appropriate!)
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The minimum system requirements for Windows since Firefox 116.0 to the current Firefox 137.0.1 and 128.9.0esr is still Windows 10 and later. I have not seen anything that says Mozilla Firefox will be dropping Windows 10 anytime soon.
Windows 11 is basically based on same NT 10.0 at Windows 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Releases so I would think if Windows 11 is supported then it should still work on Windows 10.
Mozilla has had a history of supporting EOL Windows OS with Fitefox for two plus years over when Chrome/Chromium dropped like Mozilla did with Windows XP/Vista and now with the eol Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Firefox 115 ESR.
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The minimum system requirements for Windows since Firefox 116.0 to the current Firefox 137.0.1 and 128.9.0esr is still Windows 10 and later. I have not seen anything that says Mozilla Firefox will be dropping Windows 10 anytime soon.
Windows 11 is basically based on same NT 10.0 at Windows 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#Releases so I would think if Windows 11 is supported then it should still work on Windows 10.
Mozilla has had a history of supporting EOL Windows OS with Fitefox for two plus years over when Chrome/Chromium dropped like Mozilla did with Windows XP/Vista and now with the eol Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Firefox 115 ESR.
Oh, James,
Thank you (for the second time in three days!) for the reassuring words. I'm not planning to use the tablet for anything other than accessing the internet and it's great I should be able to do it through Firefox!
Thanks again, Alice