Windows 11

[Vasudev]

Not sure if anyone noticed Windows 11 23H2/24H2 are completely broken for me while creating custom ISOs. I will be switching default firefox to chromium. Transition is hard on my old linux laptop which has bookmarks with tags from 15+ yrs. Tried out Thorium but it was buggy with Google Sign in. Brave has UI stutters on linux. On mobile, Brave working without any issues. Increased my battery life by 20-28% or it could be latest kernel update 6.1 on Pixel March update.

[scarface]

Note that a new version of windows 11 with the March 2025 updates is available on the forum.

Link: https://mega.nz/folder/hFMVTIBL#OP7Z1vb95a0AIFl5-_UctQ





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[humbert]

Not sure if anyone noticed Windows 11 23H2/24H2 are completely broken for me while creating custom ISOs. I will be switching default firefox to chromium. Transition is hard on my old linux laptop which has bookmarks with tags from 15+ yrs. Tried out Thorium but it was buggy with Google Sign in. Brave has UI stutters on linux. On mobile, Brave working without any issues. Increased my battery life by 20-28% or it could be latest kernel update 6.1 on Pixel March update.

24H2 is broken. I don't want it until they fix it. I found a solution to the issue with mapping drives, but it's not just that. I'm running 23H2 on my new rig and so far it's OK, at least for the most part.

If switching to a Chromium browser I strongly suggest you take a look at the Iron Browser at https://srware.net/iron - this is a carbon copy of Google Chrome but without the telemetry and all the other garbage. It's lean and mean and I recommend it highly. It what I use for sites that either demand Chromium browser or won't run well under Firefox. I might add that as of this writing I have version 131 of Iron, and I'm still running those extensions Google wants to get rid of (e.g., Ublock Origin).

I might add Iron also comes in a portable version. You could try it and just remove it if you don't like it.

[Vasudev]

Not sure if anyone noticed Windows 11 23H2/24H2 are completely broken for me while creating custom ISOs. I will be switching default firefox to chromium. Transition is hard on my old linux laptop which has bookmarks with tags from 15+ yrs. Tried out Thorium but it was buggy with Google Sign in. Brave has UI stutters on linux. On mobile, Brave working without any issues. Increased my battery life by 20-28% or it could be latest kernel update 6.1 on Pixel March update.

24H2 is broken. I don't want it until they fix it. I found a solution to the issue with mapping drives, but it's not just that. I'm running 23H2 on my new rig and so far it's OK, at least for the most part.

If switching to a Chromium browser I strongly suggest you take a look at the Iron Browser at https://srware.net/iron - this is a carbon copy of Google Chrome but without the telemetry and all the other garbage. It's lean and mean and I recommend it highly. It what I use for sites that either demand Chromium browser or won't run well under Firefox. I might add that as of this writing I have version 131 of Iron, and I'm still running those extensions Google wants to get rid of (e.g., Ublock Origin).

I might add Iron also comes in a portable version. You could try it and just remove it if you don't like it.

I was using Thorium and found this article on chromium fork https://chromium.woolyss.com/#browsers
SRware iron is using old outdated version. Current stable version 134.x.89 and dev build is 136. You can find it in the same link above if you want to try avx512 builds to check performance on new rig.
Brave is good but only problem is, bookmark icon can't be moved or hidden so went with chromium for near stock experience on Linux and windows.

[Vasudev]

Tried integrating chrominum mini installer multiple times on 23H2 March update. For some reason, secure boot under HyperV VM is completely broken after MSFT's new secure boot certificates. Even chromium is not installing so I want to ask should I keep Edge or should I switch to Brave switchless installer?

[humbert]

Tried integrating chrominum mini installer multiple times on 23H2 March update. For some reason, secure boot under HyperV VM is completely broken after MSFT's new secure boot certificates. Even chromium is not installing so I want to ask should I keep Edge or should I switch to Brave switchless installer?

I'm not too clear what you're trying to tell us.

You have secure boot turned on in your BIOS? If so disable it and delete all boot certificates. BTW also enable CSM just to be safe. Secure boot is nothing more than a niusance.

What Chromium browser are you trying to install? I'd stay away from Google Chrome and get Iron.

[Vasudev]

Tried integrating chrominum mini installer multiple times on 23H2 March update. For some reason, secure boot under HyperV VM is completely broken after MSFT's new secure boot certificates. Even chromium is not installing so I want to ask should I keep Edge or should I switch to Brave switchless installer?

I'm not too clear what you're trying to tell us.

You have secure boot turned on in your BIOS? If so disable it and delete all boot certificates. BTW also enable CSM just to be safe. Secure boot is nothing more than a niusance.

What Chromium browser are you trying to install? I'd stay away from Google Chrome and get Iron.

Secure Boot testing was done in VM for Windows 11 and the reason why I went with Chromium instead of SRWare Iron, Thorium was they are out-of-date from current versions and ran into some issues with ungoogled chromium with google account sessions were booted out immediately. Brave and Chromium with Sync were working with google/msft w/o any issues.
I found out the issue with failing Win 11 ISOs and it was NTLite settings causing boot loop post install. Without NTLite everything is working.

[humbert]

Secure Boot testing was done in VM for Windows 11 and the reason why I went with Chromium instead of SRWare Iron, Thorium was they are out-of-date from current versions and ran into some issues with ungoogled chromium with google account sessions were booted out immediately. Brave and Chromium with Sync were working with google/msft w/o any issues.

When you say "Chromium" do you mean the original Google Chrome, or another of the many chromium based browsers out there? If it is indeed another browser, does it allow you to use Ublock Origin and all the other great extensions Google is trying to get rid of because they interfere with their advertizing revenue? Also, does Brave allow these  extensions or have they "upgraded" to Google's V3?

While I know I absolutely need a Chromium-based browser on some sites, I won't touch Google Chrome.

[Vasudev]

Secure Boot testing was done in VM for Windows 11 and the reason why I went with Chromium instead of SRWare Iron, Thorium was they are out-of-date from current versions and ran into some issues with ungoogled chromium with google account sessions were booted out immediately. Brave and Chromium with Sync were working with google/msft w/o any issues.

When you say "Chromium" do you mean the original Google Chrome, or another of the many chromium based browsers out there? If it is indeed another browser, does it allow you to use Ublock Origin and all the other great extensions Google is trying to get rid of because they interfere with their advertizing revenue? Also, does Brave allow these  extensions or have they "upgraded" to Google's V3?

While I know I absolutely need a Chromium-based browser on some sites, I won't touch Google Chrome.

Yes, the original project which Chrome is derived from. The open source project is the base for all chromium based browsers. I've been using MV3 with ubo lite and didn't face any missed ads on websites I use. Brave already includes ad blocker within the browser which can be customized to add more lists.
You can even disable it and opt for MV2 based UBO to get full adblock capabilities.
ubo lite actually uses more disk storage to ship more inbox filter rules. You can select more of them if needed. Didn't even miss blocking of ads with ubo lite. In Brave Browser you can select aggressive adblocking with best experience on mobile and improve page loading speeds.

[humbert]

Yes, the original project which Chrome is derived from. The open source project is the base for all chromium based browsers. I've been using MV3 with ubo lite and didn't face any missed ads on websites I use. Brave already includes ad blocker within the browser which can be customized to add more lists.
You can even disable it and opt for MV2 based UBO to get full adblock capabilities.
ubo lite actually uses more disk storage to ship more inbox filter rules. You can select more of them if needed. Didn't even miss blocking of ads with ubo lite. In Brave Browser you can select aggressive adblocking with best experience on mobile and improve page loading speeds.

Thanks for the tip. I googled it and downloaded a copy. Let me check it out on a virtual machine.

Excuse me. Did you say you do NOT block ads? Everybody blocks ads. They're impossible to deal with.