On my desktops, the workspaces are represented by extra icons in the left sidebar. You are correct that I may not have noticed changes in the background in the organization of bookmarks in the bar on top, but the left sidebar continues to look very notably different on the laptop.

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Problem already fixed, update your Opera to version 55.0.2994.61