With no official support from Microsoft, maintaining Firefox for obsolete operating systems becomes costly for Mozilla and dangerous for users. No security updates will be provided after that date.įinances are the primary reason for ultimately ending support for the browser. Mozilla will provide security updates for these users until September 2024. If you are using these versions of Windows you will be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) channel by an application update. Microsoft ended support for these three versions of the operating system back in January, and this makes Mozilla's chosen date for ending the support of Firefox on these editions of Windows all the more surprising.įirefox version 115 will be the last supported Firefox version for users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Mozilla's announcement sets the company apart from the likes of Google and Microsoft who have already ended support for Chrome and Edge in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
Microsoft warns of intermittent failures when copying and saving files in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft's fix for camera issues on Surface Pro X and ARM-based PCs is a bodge. Windows 11 gains 'never combined mode' for taskbar buttons and the ability to see Wi-Fi passwords. But for anyone who has no choice, or who simply refuses to move on, Mozilla will continue to offer security updates for Firefox under these versions of Windows until well into 2024, so at least your browser will be safe. With Microsoft no longer supporting Windows 7 or Windows 8.x, sticking with these editions of the operating system is clearly an inadvisable security risk. This is perhaps not astonishing, but there are still a surprising number of users with even older versions of Windows. Really, your post begs the question "Why do you specifically need ESR 52.6.There are still a lot of people running Windows 10 rather than upgrading to Windows 11. There is however, downloadable source code, but as mentioned, this will probably be a nightmare trying to get it to compile. There are no ARM chipset compatible releases there. However, for completeness, the version you are looking for can be found here:īut viewing that location will show that's its only available pre-compiled for Windows 32 bit, Windows 64 bit, Linux 32 bit (i686) and Linux 64 (linux-x86_64). You may be better solving the issue of doing what you are trying to do with the newer supported version. This will almost certainly be a nightmare depending on its dependencies. 
The only way I can see you doing this is to try to download the source code and try to compile it yourself. You will need a version that is compiled to run on the raspberry pi (arm chipset).Using an earlier release is a bad idea as you will be exposed to known bugs and security issues.
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