Hi,

The following msg pops up when I try to access any website. "Firefox can't connect securely to ......com because the site uses a security protocol which isn't enabled".
I have reset the machine to factory setup.
Any help appreciated.

CJE241

It sounds like you have an old version of Firefox — the current one is 98.

It's very difficult to answer a question that comes without adequate details, like the version of Firefox you've got and the distro you have installed.

The model 701 dates back to 2007 and the original OS was Xandros. The 701 has only 4G of onboard SSD memory.

So the distribution is extremely out of date and Firefox would be likewise. I had a 900 and could run something from a USB drive but it was extremely slow...

I am not sure its worth the effort to install something newer. I guess it depends on how you are going to use the laptop.

Hi,

Yes, it is an old machine. Firefox v. 2.0.0.7; Mozilla/5.0;(X11; U; Linuxi686; en-US; rv; i.8.1.7) Gecko/20070914

Just thought I might be able to revive an old friend!

Clive

I would try installing antiX.

antiX-base needs 3GB, antiX-core needs 1GB and antiX-net needs 0.7GB of hard drive space. A USB drive can be used to save files for more space.

https://antixlinux.com/

I would not use swap since that would overtax the SSD drive

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MichaelK,

I will investigate antixlinux.

Many thanks for your suggestion.

Clive

Hi,

Do you imagine that the antixlinux will solve the original website security protocol issue?

Clive

Yes, since it is a current and active distribution.

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Many Thanks, MichaelK

I have an Asus EEEPC. I'm using it now. My browser is Firefox 72, the version that is part of the Puppy 19 distro.

I have many old devices and enjoy using them. I installed Puppy and my EEEPC worked well, if rather slowly by modern standards, except for video. (Video is a no-no on ancient hardware.)

Before Puppy 19 I had an earlier version (Slacko) and managed to update Firefox and its dependencies manually, tedious and time consuming. (It is https sites that are the problem. This version works 'out of the box'.

I use Thunderbird 78 as well, and have gigabytes of mail history. My Thunderbird profile resides on an SD card, permanently in place and mounted at boot.

Old devices make good media centers (the Asus speakers are remarkably good) and can be very useful tools. Keep yours going with a suitable OS and enjoy!

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Hi John,

I have downloaded puppylinux to a usb stick but it will not load. In Bios with the stick inserted into usb port Boot Device Priority shows all drives in parenthesis. A side note says - "A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu". I don't know what this means and I am unable to alter it. Any ideas?

Clive

What version of puppy did you download and how did you write it to your USB drive?

Since your using a Mac you can use dd from the command line but be careful since you can easily overwrite your hard drive.

With old computers, you need lightweight distros that use a window manager rather than a desktop environment, & 32bit distros are becoming rarer by the week.

Look for ones that are small, &/or can load to memory, some like Tiny Core or SliTaz are really small, & will run quite fast from ram.

Modern day web browsers will be slow, no matter which distro, but you could try Dillo, or the like.

Is that a 32 bit system or a 64 bit system?
In post #4 you seem to indicate that you have linuxi686 installed which implies a 32 bit OS and possibly 32 bit hardware. If the hardware is 32 bit then you will need a 32 bit os to install.

It is 32 bit.