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Still on Vista, what to replace and how?

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Cam..... Posted messages 14 Status Member -  
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Hello,

I picked up an old Asus Notebook F6VE, it must be from 2008 and it runs on Vista. I formatted the hard drive to restore the factory settings, it works fine. But...

Problem No. 1:

I can hardly use the Internet.

Connection is fine, but the version of Internet Explorer must be outdated, I get error messages on every page (certificate issues), I can force access most of the time, but not on pages where I want to enter personal information (so I can't access my Gmail, Drive accounts, etc...). I installed Chrome but it's even worse: at the slightest search I get "your connection is not private" and everything blocks ????????

Problem No. 2:

What can I replace Vista with?

Windows 7 is already out, Windows 8 doesn't appeal to me at all and Windows 10 might be very complicated to run properly on my old machine (even if it seems compatible).

I thought about Linux, but I won't have my Gmail, Drive, Deezer apps, etc.

Therefore, I want to install Cloudready to have an equivalent of Chromium OS, which I find quite appealing, but to download it, I need a PC with Google Chrome, and as mentioned above, I can't get Chrome to work on this PC and even less connect to my Google account!!!

I'm going in circles, I don't have the beginning of a solution ????

Can you help me?
Anyway, thank you for reading!

Happy May Day, have a nice day ;)

Configuration: Android / Chrome 81.0.4044.117

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    MPMP10 Posted messages 47654 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   19 121
     
    Hello,
    https://www.01net.com/astuces/comment-installer-android-sur-un-pc-1537826.html

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    1. Cam..... Posted messages 14 Status Member
       
      I'm really liking this!
      I'll give it a try, thank you very much :)
      I'm a beginner and I've never done an installation from a bootable USB drive, so... Fingers crossed!!
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    3. Cam..... Posted messages 14 Status Member > MPMP10 Posted messages 47654 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Not resolved for now :(
      I downloaded the disk image for the Android OS, but I can't download software to create a bootable USB stick.
      Neither Chrome nor Safari nor Internet Explorer works well enough; I get stuck on many pages or it tells me it has downloaded, but there's nothing on my PC.
      I don't know what to do anymore...
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    5. Cam..... Posted messages 14 Status Member > MPMP10 Posted messages 47654 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Damn. The idea was to have a working PC right now, but I understand that I have no choice.
      Thank you very much for your help. And since I've gotten answers to all my questions, I'll close the topic
      :)
      Have a great weekend!
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  2. bendrop Posted messages 12666 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   8 530
     
    Hello,

    You also have the option to install a Linux distribution like Mint for example, which is easier to set up.
    https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/fr/latest/

    Regards.

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