64bithero@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoThoughts on Helium browser?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoMmm, its versioning keeps up with Chromium, and the source just looks like a bunch of patches to me: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/tree/main/patches/helium/core Not a fork, I don’t think.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoSorry what did you mean by “Helium is a fork, so they can keep compatibility going forward”? A fork of what?
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day ago So it’s not technically Chromium anymore? It’s a fork of Chromium? It’s not a fork, IMO. It’s just a set of patches to upstream Chromium.
Mmm, its versioning keeps up with Chromium, and the source just looks like a bunch of patches to me:
https://github.com/imputnet/helium/tree/main/patches/helium/core
Not a fork, I don’t think.
Sorry what did you mean by “Helium is a fork, so they can keep compatibility going forward”? A fork of what?
It’s not a fork, IMO. It’s just a set of patches to upstream Chromium.