Future of Chromium on older Windows 10 versions and RTM.

[UCyborg]

3 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

"Nobody is listening."

Screaming into the void.

Shouting into the wind.

Honestly, this place, as many others, in the end, they all become echo chambers.

[NullEntity]

All I can really say about this chromium stuff being hacked onto old windows 10 versions
is that its making my head spin

[AstroSkipper]

6 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Until when-and-only-when we see a Google Bug Report specifically cite MSFN, then NO, they don't base their development from our "rants".

That's not what I said.  We can't say yes or no. A Boolean evaluation is not possible. Both is possible. That's what I said. 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

So Schrödinger's cat is both alive and dead, got it.  

[AstroSkipper]

14 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

So Schrödinger's cat is both alive and dead, got it.  

This is true if we were talking about quantum physical states. But a theory in the macroscopic space (and that's what we are talking about) can only have one of two states, either true or false. We have to prove it. Until we have done that, we cannot say yes (true) or no (false).  But both at once, as in the quantum physical world, that cannot happen in the macroscopic world at all. 

Edited September 19, 2023 by AstroSkipper
Linguistically revised for clarity

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Agreed.

Coincidence ≠ Proof

Q.E.D.

[AstroSkipper]

On 9/18/2023 at 11:14 PM, NotHereToPlayGames said:

Coincidence ≠ Proof

That's right. But of course, no proof also does not mean a theory is incorrect.  Think, for example, of Fermat's Last Theorem! 

Edited October 10, 2023 by AstroSkipper
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[sonyu]

On 9/13/2023 at 11:16 AM, TSNH said:

Basically these are the key differences:

Disadvantages of 1511:

• No LTSB version
• .NET Framework 4 is limited to 4.6.2. Most developers have already moved to .NET 5+ versions which do work.

I haven't done any performance tests

are you sure?

don't believe the truth

Net Framework 4.8 can be installed on 1511 / 10586

Edited September 23, 2023 by sonyu

[TSNH]

On 9/23/2023 at 2:42 AM, sonyu said:

are you sure?

don't believe the truth

Net Framework 4.8 can be installed on 1511 / 10586

Since Windows 8.0 .NET Framework are being installed using Windows Update .cab packages which are designed for specific OS builds and not build-neutral .msi installers.

So it's kind of like with Windows 8.0 (both did't receive any update past 4.6.2) except that 8.0 had a Server equivalent with the same build number while 1511 does not.

If you know how to install Windows updates on Windows version with different build numbers then please let me know, that would be a huge breakthrough!

EDIT:

Apparently this has already been achieved

Edited September 26, 2023 by TSNH

[Saxon]

5 hours ago, TSNH said:

Since Windows 8.0 .NET Framework are being installed using Windows Update .cab packages which are designed for specific OS builds and not build-neutral .msi installers.

So it's kind of like with Windows 8.0 (both did't receive any update past 4.6.2) except that 8.0 had a Server equivalent with the same build number while 1511 does not.

If you know how to install Windows updates on Windows version with different build numbers then please let me know, that would be a huge breakthrough!

EDIT:

Apparently this has already been achieved

Chrome doesn't require those to be installed to run on any versions of Windows 10.

[Cockatiel]

On 9/26/2023 at 12:56 PM, TSNH said:

Since Windows 8.0 .NET Framework are being installed using Windows Update .cab packages which are designed for specific OS builds and not build-neutral .msi installers.

So it's kind of like with Windows 8.0 (both did't receive any update past 4.6.2) except that 8.0 had a Server equivalent with the same build number while 1511 does not.

If you know how to install Windows updates on Windows version with different build numbers then please let me know, that would be a huge breakthrough!

EDIT:

Apparently this has already been achieved

abbodi1406 has made an installer of .net 4.8 for 10 1507 and 1511, and it works perfectly, although you need to install it from windows pe with powershell support, but otherwise, it works pretty well, here is the link to the installer

https://github.com/abbodi1406/WHD/raw/master/scripts/dotNetFx48-1507_1511_refresh.zip

[Dixel]

Someone already tried Chromium dev.120.0.6047.0 (1205234)? • Wednesday, 4 Oct 2023

[mjd79]

It still works without modification. I think the lack of support for version 118 in Windows 10 1507 was simply a mistake by the developers.

[Dixel]

Could be they were simply ashamed, when we caught them lying.

[Cocodile]

The transition to the minimum Win10 1607 is inevitable. 

"Support for Windows 8 and for Windows 10 before 1607 is now dropped"

https://qutebrowser.org/doc/changelog.html

The fact 120 Chrome started to work seems more like a temporary bug.