[Request]Opera GX on Linux
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gmgarciam last edited by
@linuxrocks2000 when it comes to performance, I feel that it comes down to whether the browser supports hardware acceleration and if the pages you're browsing have a lot of ads.
So on Linux, chrome/chromium hardware acceleration isn't always a given. Or at least it wasn't, I haven't checked if things have changed but before you would have to build Chromium with hardware acceleration enabled.
As to the ads, the browser would require to have an ad blocker automatically built in.
But yeah, I've been pretty busy with work. I haven't checked out Firefox GX, but those Firefox-gx guys should add my suggestions if they haven't already.
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illogicalfallacy last edited by
yea its safe to say its not happening! if they were working on it, they would say something!
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tuxkarr last edited by
i dont have money for windows or mac i have linux and i like opera gx but on wine its worse
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cubeman329 last edited by
I would also like Opera GX for Linux, as well as 64 bit AMD and ARM packages.
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shiken last edited by
it's been 4 years waiting for Opera GX for Linux and 4 year of pleading. It seem opera is not listening to it's user, it's like they don't care or they don't have the ability to do so. what beef do you have with Linux and Linux users in general that you are not making one for Linux.
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illogicalfallacy last edited by
@shiken your far more loyal to opera than i am my friend!!! i took the hint after i wrote on here and then continued to read a few more posts i got the exact picture of what was going on, i went to my windows machine and removed every trace of that browser from the system. requested that my account and all of its information be deleted. i made this account just to be able to write a post on here. there is no reason why there shouldnt already be a linux version of the browser available. no excuse at all. i mean, unless there is something that they are trying to hide and are afraid to make the version available for linux, i dont know and frankly im passed the point of even caring, i loved the browser, i tried the thing by mistake one time and it really worked great, then i started to hear some chatter that opera is owned by a Chinese company or maybe it was the chinese government or they reported to the chinese government and were like to play fast and loose with their users data, i personally could careless about my data but when companies try to do things like that behind the scenes and they almost push you into consenting to things that you really dont have to consent to (like signing up for an account to post in here) they ask for your consent for your email and to contact you and consent for them to be able to use their data, and if you click submit without checking the consent boxes it tells you that you need to consent to be able to move forward but if you just click cancel, it shuts down that popup window that everyone is already so used to just blindly clicking i consent and i agree to just to get on with whatever they are trying to do that they will do it almost without thinking, the fact that these guys go as far as to continually popping that message box up when u dont check off i consent but click on submit it should just let you go on signing in or onto your account, the fact that they keep jamming that box right in your face making people think that there is no way around it makes me dislike these guys and their product even more, i clicked cancel on that box because im not going for their crap and other people shouldnt either, look at the amount of people in here that love the product and are practically begging these guys to make it available for linux and these guys cant even as much respond to a few people or make a statement regarding loyal users of their product, is disgusting and therefore i am completely done with them! i know they dont read anything on here and they definitely dont respond to anyone, im content on doing the same, moving on like they dont even exist anymore. if only more people would do it, im sure some already have. ill keep my fingers crossed for those people still waiting with a glimmer of hope and ill keep my middle finger up for them with my back turned towards them and never looking back even if they dropped a linux version tomorrow! thats about where i stand, linux over this ignorant company, company of possible chinese spys and or government boot lickers.....(insert middle finger here)
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Eratedkrill last edited by
uhh... you may guessed wrong. opera GX is only avaible on Win,Mac,Android and IOS. but theres a solution. Launch the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T. Install the Wine package using APT. The package name for the x86 version is wine32 and wine64 for x64 sudo apt-get install wine32. sudo apt-get install wine64. Enter y/yes when the installation prompt comes up. but if your not a scripter, make sure that you comuter has 32-bits or 64-bits. then do this steps. open terminal by pressing Ctrl+alt+T. then type "sudo apt update" and press ↵Enter, This will update the software repository.
For 64-bit systems: "sudo apt install wine64"
For 32-bit systems: "sudo apt install wine32"
If you are using Fedora or Redhat, install Wine using "kbd sudo dnf install winehq-stable". Type y to confirm the installation. When prompted to enter "y" or "n," press "y" to confirm the installation. Type in "winecfg" and press ↵ Enter. This creates a Windows home directory for Wine. Look for a confirmation message that says something like "created the configuration directory 'home/name/.wine'". If prompted to install any missing packages here, click Install in the prompt window and wait for the packages to install. Select a Windows version and click Apply. Click the "Windows Version" drop-down box at the bottom of the "Wine configuration" window, then click the version of Windows (e.g., Windows10) that you want to use. Then click Apply in the lower-right corner. Click OK. This button is at the bottom of the window. Clicking it closes the Window. then you can install any windows pograms (.EXE). install opera GX that you can find it on the downloads, and then right click "OperaGXsetup.exe", and then click "open with". then scroll untill you find "Winhlp32". then continue using the installation pogress. and then enjoy ur Opera GX! (this works well in Ubuntu) -
linuxrocks2000 last edited by
@eratedkrill not only is this is a well-known solution, it's a bad one. This is for a number of complex reasons under the hood, but basically Wine isn't perfect - it doesn't have the same performance as native binaries and is missing a lot of support.
As a Fedora user I can tell you that's definitely wrong - the package iswine-core(and has separate i686 and x86_64 builds available, so you don't manually install wine64), and we just usesudolike everyone else
What we want is a Linux build (or at least source code so we can build it ourselves and write patches for individual distros), for native performance and fewer bugs. If the only way to get GX is to run it in Wine, I'm just gonna use Firefox.
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Taconamedyoda last edited by
@linuxrocks2000 fax I want opera GX for its resouce saving software and I will use another browser if we do not get opera soon. Another browser will come out soon I feel if you guys don't get this out and take over the Linux user.
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illogicalfallacy last edited by
uhhhhh.....nope.....that defeats the entire purpose, i would rather change browsers than go and dick around with wine tricks just to use the damn thing because they dont care enough to make a linux version!
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opera-gx-for-linux last edited by
I actually created an Opera forums account just to request opera gx for linux!!!
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lutagemma77 last edited by
help - Addicted to GX and now torn away from it:
I realize you have probably heard this many times in other threads, but another one is worth it.
Recently, I switched to Opera GX for mostly work actually.IT has made my days so much better - I love it.
I use Ubuntu Linux at home, and was looking for a workaround(wine is not working for me sadly)I finally went with Opera one, but I am missing so many of the features I might either switch back to windows(yes just for this briowser), Or I will have to go back to Brave or Chrome or whatever.
Are there any plans for this? Is there any way for me to manually combine the assets from the two to make it work? I am desperate. Please help! I may-have to just wipe my PC or dual boot. I am willing to pay money for this. Please tell me you have plans for this. You have a very unique special browser in GX and one is not not there for me.
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RatKingByrd last edited by leocg
Dude.... do i even have to say it i mean just come on already wtf is going on here??? Its the best browser out and the only one ive personally stuck with the longest i have used opera gx for years an im tired of having to run a VM just to browse the web or have to have a whole 'nother OS just to use it. You guys are killing me......dont you care?
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illogicalfallacy last edited by leocg
Guys Take The Hint.......They do not care!!! Move on to another browser and forget this thing even existed!!! Any company that cared (or was smart) would have made the browser a long time ago. You think that they havent seen this? They probably dont even bother to look at this no more because they know the exact crap that is written on here by everyone that visits at different times. Im probably not the first person to tell people in this post to say forget them and their browser and I probably wont be the last. I made my account here just to complain and grumble like all of you and now im going to delete the account because its a big fat waste of time and grovelling like a bunch of simps telling them how much u love this floozey of a browser by a company that has made it more than clear that they do not care is beyond ridiculous!
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Usernameisnotavailable1111 last edited by
Opera GX on LINUX please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
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William48822 last edited by William48822
Hello, I'm also interested in this Opera GX on Linux topic. I've seriously considered starting to use a Linux distribution called Nobara, but on Windows, I've already become too accustomed to Opera GX and I don't think I can use any other browser.
I hope that in the future they develop an installer or put the app in some repository for download on Linux, but until then, I think I found an option.
Researching around, I found out that Opera GX is available for download through the Epic Games Store, and I'm not sure if anyone has tried it yet, but maybe someone can use Lutris or Heroic Games Launcher to access the Epic Games Store and from there to Opera GX.
If anyone has already tried it or has the possibility to do so, please tell us how it went to see if it works.
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Usernameisnotavailable1111 last edited by
i found a better browser called Vivaldi it is even more cultivable than opera GX
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