Releases: Alex313031/thorium
45th Release - M110.0.5481.178
M110 is shaping up to be a great release!
- JPEG-XL functionality RESTORED; thanks to @jonsneyers @mo271 and @gz83 for helping with this.
There is a new repo for the source code for this, used as a submodule in this repo. > https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-libjxl
In case you didn't know, Google decided to be a d**k and remove JPEG-XL support after M109, as well as Windows 7/8/8.1 support. - Thorium now supports the AC3 codec, including in HEVC/H.265 videos. Thanks to @midzer for helping find a patch, which I manually converted to work on M110.
- HEVC/H.265 videos now support all profiles.
- More optimization flags for V8, Chromium's Javascript engine.
- Added four new chrome://flags flags:
– chrome://flags/#force-gpu-mem-available-mb - Set available VRAM to be used by Thorium. Options are 128, 256, 512, and 1024 Mb. Useful for systems with very low or very high video memory. The default (if unset) is 512 Mb.
– chrome://flags/#enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers - Enable native CPU-mappable GPU memory buffer support on Linux. (Linux only) You can see the effect of this on chrome://gpu in the "GpuMemoryBuffers Status" section.
– chrome://flags/#double-click-close-tab - A flag that @gz83 came up with and we both implemented. Allows you to close a tab by simply double-clicking on it, similar to an option in Vivaldi.
– chrome://flags/#show-fps-counter - Show a F.P.S. counter on each display, which also shows used/available GPU memory. Useful for Web development. - Logo has had padding removed, and a new logo was created for the windows installer .exe.
- New desktop action on Linux, to "Open New Window with a temporary profile". This can be used even if Thorium is already running. It will make a new profile in /tmp, and use that. NOTE: Upon system restart, the /tmp dir is cleared.
- Thorium mascot image added to chrome://version page, under the copyright (for fun)
Contributors
Assets 5
44th Release - M109.0.5414.120
- M109 Maintenance release.
- HEVC patch rebased and re-added (simple version bump from previous release)
- Icon updated for Linux and Windows, which removes the padding on the outside of the thorium logo to match
upstream change, the only effect is that the logo is slightly bigger. - More LLVM optimization flags
- Removed the "unsupported OS" infobar banner for Win7/8/8.1 and Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, and Arch <2018.12
NOTE: Going forward, Thorium will be built to more stable versions. This one is based on M109 stable (see below), future versions will be based on the equivalent of "beta" or "dev" channel, rather than tip-o-tree, i.e. "canary" channel.
IMPORTANT Windows Users! M109 is the last version of Chromium for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 😢 as per Here. I still use and enjoy Windows 7, and so have made a site for it here > https://thorium.rocks/win7 This is why this release is based on stable M109. Over at https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Win I will be posting the special builds for Windows 7/8/8.1 there, and updating the links on my win7 page to link to these. Another deviation from standard Thorium releases, is that the windows 7 release will have a special 32 bit SSE2 build for old computers, on top of the SSE3, AVX, and AVX2 builds. There is also a small easter egg on the chrome://version page, to show love for one of Micro$oft's greatest OSes, back when that $ sign was a little smaller, lol.
M109 will also be getting maintenance releases for the Win7/8/8.1 version, tracking the official chrome stable versions as per https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/releases?platform=Windows and I will be attempting to backport patches from M110 into M109, as time and knowledge permits.
Contributors
Assets 5
43rd Release - M109.0.5414.119
DEPRECATED. RE-ADDED HEVC PATCH. USE RELEASE ABOVE
- M109 Maintenance release.
- HEVC patch removed (for now). If you still need HEVC, stay on the previous release.
- Icon updated for Linux and Windows, which removes the padding on the outside of the thorium logo to match
upstream change, the only effect is that the logo is slightly bigger.
- More LLVM optimization flags
- Removed the "unsupported OS" infobar banner for Win7/8/8.1 and Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, and Arch<2018.12
NOTE: Going forward, Thorium will be built to more stable versions. This one is based on M109 stable (see below), future versions will be based on the equivalent of "beta" or "dev" channel, rather than tip-o-tree, i.e. "canary" channel.
IMPORTANT Windows Users! M109 is the last version of Chromium for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 😢 as per Here. I still use and enjoy Windows 7, and so have made a site for it here > https://thorium.rocks/win7 This is why this release is based on stable M109. Over at https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Win I will be posting the special builds for Windows 7/8/8.1 there, and updating the links on my win7 page to link to these. Another deviation from standard Thorium releases, is that the windows 7 release will have a special 32 bit SSE2 build for old computers, on top of the SSE3, AVX, and AVX2 builds. There is also a small easter egg on the chrome://version page, to show love for one of Micro$oft's greatest OSes, back when that $ sign was a little smaller, lol.
M109 will also be getting maintenance releases for the Win7/8/8.1 version, tracking the official chrome stable versions as per https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/releases?platform=Windows and I will be attempting to backport patches from M110 into M109, as time and knowledge permits.
DEPRECATED. RE-ADDED HEVC PATCH. USE RELEASE ABOVE
42nd Release - M109.0.5361.0
- M109
- HEVC Software Decoding should now work, enabling you to play H.265 videos no matter what.
- Hide Side Panel button chrome://flags flag has been fixed.
- Minor bugs fixed
- New flag added > chrome://flags/#auto-dark-mode which puts this behind a flag to as not to impede the chrome://flags/#force-dark-mode flag, and so that it is not force enabled by default.
- See also SSE3 Linux Release > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Special/releases/tag/M109.0.5361.0_1
- See also Raspberry Pi Release > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Special/releases/tag/M109.0.5361.0_2
41st Release - M108.0.5312.0
- M108
- Going to be working on a flag to enable/disable the auto dark gtk patch.
For Windows users, Windows 7 support in Chromium is coming to an end. I have made a special page and will make special builds regarding this. > https://thorium.rocks/win7
40th Release - M107.0.5280.0
- M107 refresh
- Discovery should now work
- Added link on chrome://version as per @trimechee request > Alex313031/Thorium-Win-AVX2#38 (comment)
- Added GTK auto dark/light mode patch as per @icepie request > #74
Yay, 40th Release!
Also, I made a page that Windows users should take a look at > https://thorium.rocks/win7
Contributors
Assets 5
39th Release - M107.0.5253.0
- M107
- Reload Icon changed to blue
- Cookies Icon reverted to default and coloured blue
- H.265/HEVC Patch
- Bookmarks bar now shows "Apps" by default like it used to, (you can still disable it.)
Built with new optimization: Polly
You can see a write up of the optimizations Thorium uses (including the new Polly) here > https://thorium.rocks/optimizations, and a page with speed comparisons with screenshots here > https://thorium.rocks/performance. I compare Thorium against Chromium, Chrome, Brave, and Vivaldi.
38th Release - M106.0.5237.0
- Chrome flags now has the old hazard icon.
- Thorium Dino now works full screen and has correct branding.
- RSA Patch updated.
Built with new optimization: Polly
You can see a write up of the optimizations Thorium uses (including the new Polly) Here, and a page with speed comparisons with screenshots Here. I compare Thorium against Chromium, Chrome, Brave, and Vivaldi.
Also, try my extensions: Thorium Scroll Tweaker (for increasing scroll speed on linux), and Resources Saver (allows you to save a full website, keeping directory structure and downloading resources that would otherwise be missed by just right clicking and using "Save As".
37th Release - M106.0.5212.0
- Updated Tab audio muting icon.
- New setting in chrome://settings to toggle whether it will offer Reader Mode on sites that support it.
- All changes from the previous release (in case you missed it) > https://thorium.rocks/misc/history.html
Also try out my two new Chrome Extensions:
Thorium Scroll Tweaker (Useful for linux because you often can't change the scroll speed) > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/thorium-scroll-tweaker/dgnjhkngmbcdbdmpbeechgihgijlajkf
Tab Shortcut Tools (Useful for when you have lots of tabs open) > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-shortcut-tools/ecfmgmpggijgmnjolmaegkhkcdkbookp
36th Release - M106.0.5197.0
There are many changes in this release, too long for here, so I made a new page > https://thorium.rocks/misc/history.html on thorium.rocks as a release/version notes and history page.
- Please see > https://thorium.rocks/misc/history.html#M106.0.5197.0 including the "Windows Specific Flags" section for windows users.
Also this release includes Thorium UI Debug Shell V2, for devs and tinkerers.
Also, I know that scrolling speed can sometimes be frustrating and hard/impossible to adjust on linux, depending on factors like distro, version, drivers installed, and model of mouse/trackpad. SO I made an extension to adjust scrolling. > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/thorium-scroll-tweaker/dgnjhkngmbcdbdmpbeechgihgijlajkf