Boy. Booted up Windows 7 this afternoon, and it is very solid, very reasonable. Some things I still prefer about modern linux UI-wise, but the core is good.
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Erm, IE8 can't load Mozilla.org because it requires an up to date SSL (it doesn't serve over HTTP).
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Ah, if I go to https://www.mozilla.org, it works. Apparently the https redirects also, and the issue was the redirect, not the HTTPS.
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I needed a Windows update to get Windows Update working, but MS's websites were crashing IE8… So I needed Firefox or Edge…
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MS's website for Edge wasn't rendering all the CSS/JS in IE8 for the Download button…

So Firefox it is!
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@33MHz I really like Windows 7. Windows 10 has slowly grown on me as I have to use it at the hospital but 7 is my favorite.
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