Shane Fournier has set up the Supermium Browser project on Github under win32ss/ supermium and offers the installers for Windows (32/64 bit), as well as the source codes for download there. I just haven't had time to look into it in more detail yet. The tip is not lost, since I also use the Ungoogled browser, the whole thing interested me of course. So far I had used the ungoogled Chromium from Marmaduke (aka Macchrome), but that is now replaced by Supermium. Windows 7 just can't be killed and is better than Win10 anyway. Normally, the 1.120 would be the last version of the Chromium derivatives that is still compatible with Windows 7.īut Shane Fournier (aka win32ss) has now managed to work around the artificial and apparently unnecessary limitations Google built into the browser to make it work with Win7 again. In the current R2 fix, the sandbox works properly again. Tip: Supermium is a new browser fork based on the ungoogled Chromium.īenefit: Even version 1.0 runs on Windows 7. Since I delete the entries in the discussion area of my German blog sporadically, I'll pull out his (translated) hint once: German blog reader Bolko had already posted a hint a few weeks ago about the Supermium project, which made Chrome work on Windows 7 as well (thanks for the hint). And there is still Firefox, whose developers still want to support the browser on Windows 7 until Q3 2024 (see Windows 7/8.1: Firefox will be support until 3. Only for Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft and Google have promised to provide security update for the Google Chrome / Edge 109. This means that all Chromium-based browsers, such as Microsoft Edge, will eventually be discontinued for these operating systems. I had pointed out this in the blog post Windows 7/8.1: Google ends support in February 2023, Edge also affected. Google has ended support for its Chromium browser for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 as well as the server counterparts in January 2023 with version 109. Browser support for Windows 7 is fading away …
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