Post AZAxTwWF70gOHNeWxc by 1ll173r47@mastodon.online
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 (DIR) Post #AZ6q5KECLhxIGCgfKK by matthew@social.retroedge.tech
       2023-08-26T02:52:41.536986Z
       
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       Anyone here use or experiment with the Thorium browser ( #chromium fork ) or Mercury browser ( #firefox fork ) ?I stumbled across them the other day and plan on giving them a try soon. Curious if anyone uses them as a primary web #browser on the daily. Or experimented with it on the side. https://thorium.rocks/
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ6rLEKa8qxmYgoxqi by matthew@social.retroedge.tech
       2023-08-26T03:06:42.363269Z
       
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       I just downloaded and installed the .deb of #mercury web #browser on #LinuxMint. It installed and launched fine. Seems snappy. I was able to install ublockorigin and another browser extension quickly, just like in firefox. It does seem faster, but I have done no tests other than simple browsing and extension installation.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ6s60EUNPDcRaH2yO by matthew@social.retroedge.tech
       2023-08-26T03:15:11.325138Z
       
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       Note that neither the #mercury or #thorium web browsers worked on my Acer #corebootbook ( #chromebook with #linux), as the processor didn't meet the compilation optimizations of these browsers. The Mercury browser worked fine on my ThinkStation S30 with Xeon processor.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZAti1uZSbiLF0UfrM by matthew@social.retroedge.tech
       2023-08-28T01:52:06.515965Z
       
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       The selling point is just speed. Because of the compilation optimizations, it claims to be faster. It seems to be true. https://thorium.rocks/mercury
       
 (DIR) Post #AZAxTwWF70gOHNeWxc by 1ll173r47@mastodon.online
       2023-08-26T22:40:46Z
       
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       @matthew so it looks like it’s forked from regular Chromium and not ungoogled-Chromium, right?
       
 (DIR) Post #AZAxTxLe1tncqnha52 by matthew@social.retroedge.tech
       2023-08-28T02:34:22.784038Z
       
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       I believe so. Do you use ungoogle-Chromium? I haven't tried it. I mostly use Firefox, so I am trying out the Mercury #browser (a #firefox fork)https://thorium.rocks/mercury