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4th 'Technology Preview' Of Opera For Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the leaving-the-leaker dept.

drnomad writes "Finally after months of waiting, the Norwegian company Opera has announced their 4th technology preview of Opera for linux available for download. " They've got a good list of what's going on - as well as a Deb of the preview.

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  1. Re:why would anyone pay for a browser? by Daemonik · · Score: 5

    People will pay for a browser because it's stable. Because it's standards compliant. Because it's fast. Because it's small and takes up few resources. Because it doesn't automatically shove portals and newsreaders, email programs, media suites, channel content or anything else down your throat. Oh, and because it's features aren't being dictated by a uber-corporation that could give a fick what you really want cause their advertisers/investors want you to have some inane crap that leads you to them. Free does not necessitate better.

  2. But wait... by cowbird · · Score: 3

    The following is Darren Starr's posting to the Opera newsgroup. Among the goals, he states that making Opera friendly with the various window managers is among theirt current tasks:

    --Begin Quote --

    Well, it's been a while since I've talked in the news group. I've really
    preferred to try and keep things as quiet as possible while making the
    "Feature Complete" landmark. We've been doing a whole lot of work on the
    project and we're getting dangerously close to beta 1. Beta 1 will
    sybolize the point in time where we'll ask the users to start slamming
    the bug reporting system so we can work out every little detail in the
    product. In order to reach the Beta 1 point, the goals that need to be
    met by the development team are as follows :
    - Implement 100% of the features to be in the final version
    - Increase stability (as much as possible, but that's really the
    beta test thing)
    - Create packages for all major packaging systems
    - Organize packages or links to packages for Qt 2.1
    - Setup a web server specifically for the "Opera for Linux Project"
    - Make the browser friendly with a few window managers, Gnome and
    KDE then others
    - Get Opera to work with several e-mail packages
    - Port to big endian systems (image decoders are a little rough)
    - Create documentation
    - IMPLEMENT THE DANG OPERA 4.0 FOR LINUX SPLASH SCREEN (about box
    too)

    To make all this happen, we're going to get the Opera for Linxu web
    server up and running over the next week. The page will initially be
    really rough. The reasoning is, it will be handled by the development
    team directly (this cuts down on the need to get one of our web
    developers to assist every time we need a change). The server will be
    named http://linux.opera.no and should be updated very regularly. We
    also will begin to make builds ready within 15 days of each other.
    Possibly more often is possible.

    We're now beginning to implement a rough make system that will generate
    compact executables and packages. Once this system is fully functional,
    we hope to generate files for the following :
    Redhat 6.X RPM & Tarball (x86, Alpha, Sparc)
    Suse 6.X RPM & Tarball (x86)
    Debian 2.1 DEB & Tarball (x86)
    This of course is only a very partial list, but it will grow with time.

    The last point that I've always found fun is, we're going to start
    making .plan files for the developers. In these plans we'll make all
    kinds of crazy remarks and comments and we'll talk about what we're
    working on. Some of the guys aren't interested, but at least the leaders
    on the project will contribute to this. I'm sure that I will.

    I guess for now, it's best to leave what has been said at that and we'll
    say more on the new web site.

    Thanks for being a great group of users and testers!
    Darren

    P.S. - Currently I receive in excess of 400 new e-mails a day (strictly
    from this project) and I work very hard to take care of as many as
    possible, however my primary goal at all times is making this project
    successful. So please do not e-mail me directly unless it is of critical
    importance. We'll have a bug reporting e-mail address in place soon.
    We'll even get a wishlist4.1@linux.opera.no mailing address setup.

    ------------------------------------------------ -------------------------

    Darren R. Starr - Lead Developer of Opera for Linux
    Opera Software A.S.
    dstarr@opera.com

    -- End Qoute --