Heck yes. I'm giving my brother (total computer newbie with 3 kids who *will not* keep their mitts off the computer) a computer running Ubuntu. Last time I had to fix his aging Win 98 machine it took me 10+ hours... hopefully I'll never have to do it again.
Don't quote me on this (it was before I started using Opera full-time), but I believe they added tabbed browsing around version 4. If you feel like installing it, you can download old versions here:
Opera browser version history
One of their developers mentioned to me that they felt that providing an ad blocker would be hypocritical since the free version of the browser includes ads.
In essence, it would be them saying "Our ads are fine, but other people's ads are not"... something which surely would raise the heckles of many people.
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Actually, I believe that this is a free upgrade for all those with a valid version 7 license.
Heck yes. I'm giving my brother (total computer newbie with 3 kids who *will not* keep their mitts off the computer) a computer running Ubuntu. Last time I had to fix his aging Win 98 machine it took me 10+ hours ... hopefully I'll never have to do it again.
Don't quote me on this (it was before I started using Opera full-time), but I believe they added tabbed browsing around version 4. If you feel like installing it, you can download old versions here: Opera browser version history
One of their developers mentioned to me that they felt that providing an ad blocker would be hypocritical since the free version of the browser includes ads.
In essence, it would be them saying "Our ads are fine, but other people's ads are not" ... something which surely would raise the heckles of many people.