The stakes are so high with browser security that it's the last software I'd want to use some random persons fork of, even if they appear to have good intentions. I don't particularly trust Googles intentions but I do at least trust that they have their shit together when it comes to security.
Related. Others?<p><i>Thorium Browser: The fastest browser on Earth</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38900191">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38900191</a> - Jan 2024 (3 comments)<p><i>Thorium – The Fastest Browser on Earth</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38896266">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38896266</a> - Jan 2024 (14 comments)<p><i>Thorium – The first browser to score over 600 speedometer points on a Mac M3 Pro</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38894920">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38894920</a> - Jan 2024 (57 comments)<p><i>Thorium – Radioactive Chromium Fork</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38854932">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38854932</a> - Jan 2024 (26 comments)<p><i>Don't Use Thorium Browser – If Installed, Remove It</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38647363">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38647363</a> - Dec 2023 (21 comments)<p><i>Thorium – The Fastest Browser on Earth</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37917922">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37917922</a> - Oct 2023 (2 comments)<p><i>Thorium is the first browser with HEVC and AC3 support even in a mkv container</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36455533">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36455533</a> - June 2023 (8 comments)<p><i>Show HN: Thorium – The fastest browser on Earth</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31525464">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31525464</a> - May 2022 (3 comments)<p><i>Outline of benefits of Thorium over vanilla Chromium</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29946310">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29946310</a> - Jan 2022 (31 comments)
"fastest browser on Earth" seems like an editorialized title. What's the source of that claim?<p>Edit: looks like the post title has since been edited
I ran Thorium for a while on Linux because the claimed performance improvements appealed to me. However, I recently ran some actual modern browser benchmarks and vanilla Chrome performed significantly better in every one I tested. My testing wasn't by any means scientific and there are an enormous number of factors to consider of course.<p>Maybe it's a quirk of my system, or some recent changes they made to Chrome's build process (LTO, BOLT optimizer, etc.) but yeah I've switched back to plain Chromium.
Not to put salt in an old wound but didn't Chris Titus get in hot water after he recommended this, and it was found to contain certain adult images?
Seems they're really into "windows 7-ing" all the things <<a href="https://thorium.rocks/win7" rel="nofollow">https://thorium.rocks/win7</a>>, hacking^W Optimizing!!1 Firefox and VSCodium, too<p>and FWIW I despise the thinking that leads one to commit ever-changing binary artifacts into git because then $(git clone) turns into a DVD sized download <a href="https://github.com/Alex313031/codium/commit/5bd47c17194e80191d16c70795a2777c1db5ba21">https://github.com/Alex313031/codium/commit/5bd47c17194e8019...</a>
Interesting change-set. Not sure DNT by default really helps things. Perhaps if it were a first run prompt? Afraid that DNT by default undermines the case for legislation to enforce it.