Supermium
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| Original author(s) | win32ss (Shane Fournier) |
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| Initial release | 115.0.5744.0 (May 9, 2023; 1 year ago) |
| Stable release | 124.0.6367.245[1] 
/ 10 July 2024 |
| Repository | https://github.com/win32ss/supermium |
| Operating system | Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 |
| Website | https://win32subsystem.live/supermium/ |
Supermium is a fork of Chromium that works on legacy operating systems such as Windows XP or Windows Vista. Supermium plans on adding Windows 2000 and Manifest V2 support to the browser.[2]
Features
[change | change source]- Aero Glass and Aero Glass-style titlebars instead of Windows 10-style ones[2]
- Security fixes for major vulnerability patches usually less than one week from being found[2]
- A functional sandbox for enhanced security[2]
- Custom Tab options including trapezoidal tabs, transparent tabs, and outlined tabs.[2]
- Many flags from ungoogled-chromium[2]
- Google Sync
- On Windows 7 and up, Widevine CDM support for viewing DRM content[2]
- GDI font rendering, using #force-gdi in chrome://flags[2]
- Persistent dark mode on the browser's UI elements, using #force-dark-mode in chrome://flags[2]
- Support for SSE2-only processors in the 32 bit build[2]
Reception
[change | change source]Critics at the The Register said in a positive review that the browser ran rather fast for a Core 2 Duo processor.[3]
System requirements
[change | change source]| Requirements | Minimum[2] |
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| Processor | SSE2 or better[2] |
| Memory | 768MB or higher[2] |
| Operating system | Windows XP and above[2] |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Releases of Supermium". Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 "Supermium Web Browser". win32subsystem.live. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ↑ "Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7". The Register. 6 March 2024. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.