Package Details: thorium-browser-bin 123.0.6312.133-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/thorium-browser-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: thorium-browser-bin
Description: Chromium fork focused on high performance and security
Upstream URL: https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium
Licenses: BSD
Conflicts: thorium-browser
Provides: thorium-browser
Submitter: StarterX4
Maintainer: xiota
Last Packager: xiota
Votes: 35
Popularity: 6.75
First Submitted: 2022-08-03 14:39 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-04-24 15:41 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

xiota commented on 2024-02-09 01:30 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-10 05:08 (UTC) by xiota)

This package now uses the SSE3 version because benchmarks on my computers show no performance benefit from using the AVX/AVX2 versions.

xiota commented on 2024-01-18 04:21 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-21 09:22 (UTC) by xiota)

I made alternate PKGBUILDs: SSE3, AVX, AVX2. (makepkg -p PKGBUILD.avx2)

However, there is no point making dedicated packages for each because there is no performance benefit from using different versions.

The "normal" version ("AVX") does reference avx2 in the config, but the exact compiler flags are unspecified. All 64-bit versions contain AVX and AVX2 instructions. So too do the Chromium binaries from the official Arch repos. Chromium-based browsers probably detect processor capabilities at runtime, so attempting to target specific instruction sets would not be expected to significantly improve performance.

Here are my results from browserbench.org speedometer 2.1, using fresh profiles:

  • SSE3: 83.8±1.0
  • AVX: 83.8±1.0 (not a mistake, SSE3 and AVX had identical results)
  • AVX2: 83.6±1.9

xiota commented on 2023-10-10 04:01 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-10 05:06 (UTC) by xiota)

  • This is an autoupdating package that attempts to download and package the latest version available.

    • Rebuilding should be sufficient to package new releases.
    • Check that there is actually a new release at Alex313031/thorium.
    • To make the declared version, set environment variable _autoupdate=false

  • Avoid flagging and commenting at the same time for the same issue.

    • Flag for common issues with standard solutions.
    • Comment for issues requiring explanation or debugging.
    • Use a pastebin for blocks of text more than a few lines.

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malta commented on 2023-10-19 14:03 (UTC)

installed with no errors, but I'm not able to open the browser. gnome keeps saying "thorium is not responding".

stephen commented on 2023-10-19 09:08 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. It works like a charm

xiota commented on 2023-10-19 00:18 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-19 00:22 (UTC) by xiota)

@stephen I'm not able to reproduce that issue on two separate machines on different networks. Try: _autoupdate=false makepkg

stephen commented on 2023-10-18 23:24 (UTC)

Every time I try to install. It would gives me errors: ==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium/releases/download/M/thorium-browser__amd64.deb Aborting... error: failed to download sources for 'thorium-browser-bin-117.0.5938.157-1': error: packages failed to build: thorium-browser-bin-117.0.5938.157-1

xiota commented on 2023-10-10 04:01 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-10 05:06 (UTC) by xiota)

  • This is an autoupdating package that attempts to download and package the latest version available.

    • Rebuilding should be sufficient to package new releases.
    • Check that there is actually a new release at Alex313031/thorium.
    • To make the declared version, set environment variable _autoupdate=false

  • Avoid flagging and commenting at the same time for the same issue.

    • Flag for common issues with standard solutions.
    • Comment for issues requiring explanation or debugging.
    • Use a pastebin for blocks of text more than a few lines.

reclipse commented on 2023-09-07 04:37 (UTC)

can you please update to version 116?

brauliobo commented on 2023-07-02 00:31 (UTC)

can you please update to version 114?

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