It would be nice to have Opera without the Linux baggage. Who would I nag at Opera for this to be accomplished?
Thanks, Dhu On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:12:48 +0200 frantisek holop <min...@obiit.org> wrote: > hi there, > > the following is a (less then stellar) port of opera's > 10b with unite. > > this port is _not_ an update for 9.64. > it makes a separate package called opera10 (not opera-*) > and installs everything mozilla style into /usr/local/opera10. > it is possible to install it alongside 9.64. it does not install > the system wide configs, the desktop file, the icons and the > man page. > > it also has a modified startup script and automatically uses > ".opera10" as profile directory (as opposed to ".opera") and > leaves your other opera alone. > > if you want to move your prefs from 9.64, just copy them over. > but some filenames/directories have changed, so beware (still, > i have no problems running it with my 9.64 profile directory, > but back it up, because downgrading is not so bump free) > > the point of this port is to let people play with unite and with > the beta -- it is blindingly fast (esp with javascript heavy sites > like gmail and facebook) -- i am not sending this so it gets > committed. > > i have not tested the flash plugin and have no interest in it > really. > > the only static version at the moment for linux is gcc4 compiled. > if this is a step forward, remains to be seen. i hope there will > be more choices for the final builds. > > start it with > $ /usr/local/opera10/bin/opera > > have fun. > > -f > -- > synonym: a word you use when you can't spell the other. >
