Features

  • Compiler optimizations include SSE4.2, AVX, AES, and modifications to CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, thinLTO flags, import_instr_limit flags, and PGO, as well as other compiler flags.
  • LLVM LOOP optimizations as -mllvm flags
  • Learn more about these compiler optimizations and how they work here.
  • UI Changes and Patches for Linux and Windows that fix bugs, enhance useability, and strengthen privacy/security.

What's New

  • Fixed the profile picker crash, which would cause Thorium to just segfault and crash without warning or any useful log output if you tried to add a new profile, OR if you had multiple profiles already added. This is my fault and I was being a dummy last release. Let me explain: Last release notes I said "Enabled AutoPlay toggle in Settings, I previously had it disabled due to a crash". Well I literally left myself a comment line to remind me what the crash was > 5373a94#diff-67eea7cc5329808ed94c726a817ead2b1ac9a0d35a01e6360f553f7e63703572R1116 Yet I just tested to make sure the browser didn't crash on startup (which it wouldn't on my end because I only use one profile). I forgot to check by making a new profile(s). Thus, I declared the bug "fixed" when it really wasn't, and promptly got spammed with a bunch of sad people who's browsers were crashing. This was a stupid mistake on my part, and I'm sorry to anyone whos workflows got interrupted and the frustration that people were having. I will probably leave this setting disabled indefinitely, since I already added a chrome://flags flag to control this behavior anyway > chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy Fixes #577, #564, #596, #586, #570, Alex313031/Thorium-MacOS#45, #575, #572, #599, Alex313031/Thorium-Win#176, Alex313031/Thorium-Win#169, and Alex313031/Thorium-MacOS#42
  • Disabled some more "Privacy Sandbox" bullcrap
  • Added a patch from Ungoogled to disable captive portal detection. Note this won't work in all cases. Fixes #528
  • This release is actually ahead of the version in official stable Chrome right now (.128 minor rev), as I spotted a nice security fix in V8 that was not landed until the .132 minor revision.
  • Thorium now installs the "dev" build of UBlock Origin (to better block YouTube ads)