Month: March 2024

Thorium: The Fastest Open Source Chromium-based Browser?

“After taking a look at Floorp Browser, I was left wondering whether there was a Chromium-based web browser that was as good, or even better than Chrome,” writes a “First Look” reviewer at It’s Foss News.

“That is when I came across Thorium, a web-browser that claims to be the ‘the fastest browser on Earth’.”

[Thorium] is backed by a myriad of tweaks that include, compiler optimizations for SSE4.2, AVS, AES, various mods to CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, thinLTO flags, and more. The developer shares performance stats using popular benchmarking tools… I tested it using Speedometer 3.0 benchmark on Fedora 39 and compared it to Brave, and the scores were:

Thorium: 19.2; Brave: 19.5

So, it may not be the “fastest” always, probably one of the fastest, that comes close to Brave or sometimes even beats it (depends on the version you tested it and your system).

Alexander Frick, the lead developer, also insists on providing support for older operating systems such as Windows 7 so that its user base can use a capable modern browser without much fuss… As Thorium is a cross-platform web browser, you can find packages for a wide range of platforms such as Linux, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Android, macOS, and more.

Thorium can sync to your Google account to import your bookmarks, extensions, and themes, according to the article.
“Overall, I can confidently say that it is a web browser I could daily drive, if I were to ditch Chrome completely. It gels in quite well with the Google ecosystem and has a familiar user interface that doesn’t get in the way.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

“After taking a look at Floorp Browser, I was left wondering whether there was a Chromium-based web browser that was as good, or even better than Chrome,” writes a “First Look” reviewer at It’s Foss News.

“That is when I came across Thorium, a web-browser that claims to be the ‘the fastest browser on Earth’.”

[Thorium] is backed by a myriad of tweaks that include, compiler optimizations for SSE4.2, AVS, AES, various mods to CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, thinLTO flags, and more. The developer shares performance stats using popular benchmarking tools… I tested it using Speedometer 3.0 benchmark on Fedora 39 and compared it to Brave, and the scores were:

Thorium: 19.2; Brave: 19.5

So, it may not be the “fastest” always, probably one of the fastest, that comes close to Brave or sometimes even beats it (depends on the version you tested it and your system).

Alexander Frick, the lead developer, also insists on providing support for older operating systems such as Windows 7 so that its user base can use a capable modern browser without much fuss… As Thorium is a cross-platform web browser, you can find packages for a wide range of platforms such as Linux, Raspberry Pi, Windows, Android, macOS, and more.

Thorium can sync to your Google account to import your bookmarks, extensions, and themes, according to the article.
“Overall, I can confidently say that it is a web browser I could daily drive, if I were to ditch Chrome completely. It gels in quite well with the Google ecosystem and has a familiar user interface that doesn’t get in the way.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, April 1 (game #798)

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.

Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, more than two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, but also difficult.

But Quordle is tough, so if you already find yourself searching for today’s Wordle answer, you’ll probably need some hints for this game too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #1 – Vowels

How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #2 – total vowels

What is the total number of vowels in Quordle today?

The total number of vowels across today’s Quordle answers is 7.

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #3 – repeated letters

Do any of today’s Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 1.

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #4 – total letters

How many different letters are used in Quordle today?

The total number of different letters used in Quordle today is 13.

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #5 – uncommon letters

Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today’s Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #6 – starting letters (1)

Do any of today’s Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

The number of today’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you’re not ready yet then here’s one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #798) – hint #7 – starting letters (2)

What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?

• C

• T

• A

• W

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #798) – the answers

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle, game #798, are…

CARVETIGHTAGLOWWOVEN

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Daily Sequence today (game #798) – the answers

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster)

The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #798, are…

CORNYUNTILBELIELAPSE

Quordle answers: The past 20

Quordle #797, Sunday 31 March: SPIKE, BEVEL, PERKY, FAUNAQuordle #796, Saturday 30 March: SHOOK, DIRGE, CLEAN, PRIORQuordle #795, Friday 29 March: RUMBA, SLICE, RAZOR, SLEEPQuordle #794, Thursday 28 March: PINEY, WEDGE, VIVID, ODDLYQuordle #793, Wednesday 27 March: QUALM, CIVIL, CRUDE, GOUGEQuordle #792, Tuesday 26 March: LINER, SCARE, VALID, DRUIDQuordle #791, Monday 25 March: SLUNG, GRILL, SETUP, SHOCKQuordle #790, Sunday 24 March: WIDER, ICILY, FREAK, ATONEQuordle #789, Saturday 23 March: AGENT, CELLO, TENOR, REGALQuordle #788, Friday 22 March: WOUND, TOUCH, SOUTH, LOGICQuordle #787, Thursday 21 March: SNAIL, TRUTH, MERIT, MOSSYQuordle #786, Wednesday 20 March: SNAIL, GUMMY, HURRY, STIFFQuordle #785, Tuesday 19 March: DRAIN, DIRTY, VALVE, PARRYQuordle #784, Monday 18 March: BENCH, SNAKE, PENCE, CLASPQuordle #783, Sunday 17 March: THETA, QUALM, CACHE, CROWNQuordle #782, Saturday 16 March: TUBER, SUGAR, STRIP, TRIALQuordle #781, Friday 15 March: MARCH, FLANK, TEETH, DITTYQuordle #780, Thursday 14 March: RESIN, DINGY, PLAID, BERETQuordle #779, Wednesday 13 March: GLASS, HOUSE, FINAL, EXISTQuordle #778, Tuesday 12 March: IDYLL, FAITH, RECUT, SASSY

Quordle FAQs: Everything you need to know

What is Quordle?

Where Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day, Quordle presents you with four puzzles to solve. And rather than complete them in turn, you do so simultaneously. You get nine guesses, rather than the six for Wordle, but the rules are otherwise very similar. 

It’s played online via the Quordle website and you can also get to it via the Merriam-Webster site, after the dictionary purchased Quordle last year

As with Wordle, the answers are the same for every player each day, meaning that you’re competing against the rest of the world. And also as with Wordle, the puzzle resets at midnight so you have a fresh challenge each day.

The website also includes a practice mode – which I definitely recommend using before attempting the game proper! – and there are daily stats including a streak count. You also get Quordle Achievements – specific badges for winning a game in a certain number of turns, playing lots of times, or guessing particularly hard words.

Oh, and it’s difficult. Really difficult.

What are the Quordle rules?

The rules of Quordle are almost identical to those of Wordle.

1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.

2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow. 

3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray…

4. …BUT the word you guess appears in all quadrants of the puzzle at the same time, so an A could turn green in one square, yellow in another and gray in the final two. 

5. Answers are never plural.

6. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.

7. Each guess must be a valid word in Quordle’s dictionary. You can’t guess ABCDE, for instance.

8. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses and there is no equivalent of Wordle’s Hard mode.

9. You have nine guesses to find the Quordle answers.

10. You must complete the daily Quordle before midnight in your timezone.

What is a good Quordle strategy?

Quordle needs to be approached in a different way to Wordle. With four puzzles to solve in nine guesses, you can’t blindly throw letters at it and expect to win – you’ll stand a far better chance if you think strategically.

That’s the case in Wordle too, of course, but it’s even more important in Quordle.

There are two key things to remember. 

1. Use several starting words

Firstly, you won’t want just a single starting word, but almost certainly two or three starting words. 

The first of these should probably be one of the best Wordle starting words, because the same things that make them work well will apply here too. But after that, you should select another word or possibly two that use up lots more of the most common consonants and that include any remaining vowels.

For instance, I currently use STARE > DOILY > PUNCH. Between them, these three words use 15 of the 26 letters in the alphabet including all five vowels, Y, and nine of the most common consonants (S, T, R, D, L, P, N, C and H). There are plenty of other options – you might want to get an M, B, F or G in there instead of the H, maybe – but something like that should do the trick.

If all goes well, that will give you a good lead on what one or sometimes two of the answers might be. If not, well good luck!

2. Narrow things down

Secondly, if you’re faced with a word where the answer might easily be one of several options – for instance -ATCH, where it could be MATCH, BATCH, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH, HATCH or PATCH – you’ll definitely want to guess a word that would narrow down those options. 

In Wordle, you can instead try several of those in succession and hope one is right, assuming you have enough guesses left. It’s risky, but will sometimes work. Plus, it’s the only option in Hard mode. But in Quordle, this will almost certainly result in a failure – you simply don’t have enough guesses.

In the scenario above, CLAMP would be a great guess, as it could point the way to four of the seven words in one go.

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