Firefox can't connect to the forum today

[Ryantology]

I am having login trouble with Firefox myself (actually, the Waterfox variant; I'm using Chrome at the moment). When I attempt to login correctly, I am simply returned to the homescreen without being logged in (there are no error messages or anything indicating the nature of the problem). Intentionally using an incorrect password gives me the standard rejection screen.

EDIT: Disregard, I figured out the problem and all is well.

Cookies?

That's what it was, but I didn't think of it since I imported cookies and everything from Chrome and Chrome was still working. But, it's always cookies, isn't it?

[Brian37]

Damned cookies! Tasty, too tasty. O wait.........

[Tiberius]

Who's with me in charging Microsoft for crimes against humanity? Programmers have to make Swiss Cheese to make it work with windows junk, and people who run websites like Tiberious have to fix their bad crap.

Evidence that Bill Gates is God because only a god can fuck up everyone's life like this.

Use Linux or Mac OS X instead then.

[Brian37]

Who's with me in charging Microsoft for crimes against humanity? Programmers have to make Swiss Cheese to make it work with windows junk, and people who run websites like Tiberious have to fix their bad crap.

Evidence that Bill Gates is God because only a god can fuck up everyone's life like this.

Use Linux or Mac OS X instead then.

when I can afford it I will

[pocaracas]

afford linux? It's mostly free!
Take your pick at a linux flavor
http://distrowatch.com/

[Tiberius]

Yeah, most Linux distros are free. I recommend either Ubuntu or Linux Mint for beginners (Linux Mint more so).

[Brian37]

hum, will it work on an old xp machine? I am sure most softwear updates only go back so far

[Tiberius]

I don't think you quite understand. Linux and OS X are operating systems, like Windows. They don't run on Windows, they replace it. Linux will easily work on most hardware, even old stuff.

Luckily though, a lot of Linux distros come with a "Live CD" or "Live DVD", which means you put the CD/DVD into your disc drive, and then change the boot sequence so that your computer boots off the CD/DVD instead of the hard drive. You can then play around with Linux without installing it over Windows.

[Brian37]

I don't think you quite understand. Linux and OS X are operating systems, like Windows. They don't run on Windows, they replace it. Linux will easily work on most hardware, even old stuff.

Luckily though, a lot of Linux distros come with a "Live CD" or "Live DVD", which means you put the CD/DVD into your disc drive, and then change the boot sequence so that your computer boots off the CD/DVD instead of the hard drive. You can then play around with Linux without installing it over Windows.

I did know it was an operating system. I didn't say that correctly. I just didn't want any conflicts with an old machine. And I have had programing conflicts with stuff in any case.

I am not sure I would want to do it myself, I am not that much of a tecky guy and don't want to get to a point where I cant reverse it if I want to.

I cant tell you how gun shy I am with screwing with my computer. But when I do decide to change I think my next one will be a Mac

[Tiberius]

Ok, it's just that you called it an "old XP machine", which made me think you thought the OS (XP) was somehow important...it's not. Linux technically runs on a much more varied range of hardware than any other OS, because it is so lightweight and unbloated.

In any case, if you have backups and a Windows install CD, you can't make any irreversible changes. Alternatively, why not go and get a cheap internal hard drive and install Linux on that? Then if you want to switch back to Windows at some point, you can just switch hard drives.