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const title = "Running the Obama Browser on Linux";
const date = "2025-03-02";
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_Obamna_

# resources
- `wine`
- `IE9-Windows7-x86-enu.exe` from [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/ie-11-windows-6.1-x-64-en-us_202106)
- `obama.exe` within `Obama Browser.7z` from  [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/obama-browser.-7z)

# steps to get it running
1. download the stuff from the resources at the top
2. run `wine winecfg -v win7` in a new wineprefix
	- this one used `WINEPREFIX=~/.obamabrowser wine winecfg -v win7`
3. run the ie9 setup with wine
4. wine internet explorer should launch
5. run the `obama.exe` file

# using it
interestingly, this one had to press the arrow button next to the link to get it to load the page.
![The Obama browser. The mouse pointer is over an arrow next to the URL bar.](https://sharkey.everypizza.im/files/98c7ab42-8b0b-4374-a268-0984e70f17ec.png)

# things of interest
as it is a wrapper for a web browser from 2008, it obviously will not load misskey or such. however, it can load basic webpages seemingly.

it's also seemingly unable to handle HTTP 308 Permanent Redirect:
![The Obama browser. The URL bar has the text "http://www.telepath.im" and the page content just says "The page cannot be loaded because of an error" and then "Error code: HTTP 308"](https://sharkey.everypizza.im/files/29d2fc88-680b-45b5-95e0-5722102f0cf6.png)

# to do in the future
in the future, this one plans on digging up more info about WebLikeMe and the Obama 2008 browser.