[Request]Opera GX on Linux
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@asandikci Neither Leo nor I have anything to do with this. It's up to Opera Software, we are just volunteers. Though if they get to a point where they want someone to test it, they know how to contact me.
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asandikci last edited by
@sgunhouse oh sorry, you are right. But do the opera authorities know what we want?
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@asandikci I'm sure they do, at least one has posted in this thread before. But with the diversity of Linux systems it is far from trivial to implement some of GX features on Linux.
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tomasso last edited byHello
an avid user of Ubuntu and soon POPos,
I use windows too on my big PC and macbookpro /ipad pro, Android phone...
I Can't Just Believe that i can get GX on Every platform and OS and sync it but on my server-servicing/coding/UI mastering, precious oem IBM ThinkPad with Linux We Don't Have An Native Port Of GX???? or at least some beta GX for linux??
What Year Is This , am considering switching back to chrome to sync my thing because the server/coding linux is more important to sync to big PC and Mac than to leave it unsynced with other web browsers , i love opera and GX with the therapy music and The Marvelous clicking keyboard (that would be just ohhh so good to pair with my old OG mechanical keyboard on the ThinkPad laptop ) whyyy how can this be, it would take One person to port this in a shell to Linux, just a beta one with open source and have to help you the Linux community with bugs, Please .This is in 2032 just Not acceptable
Tommy Shelby
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Nedly last edited by leocg
Seriously though for real no jokes I'd be so happy if Opera GX was on Linux. I think they would gain at least another one million users, maybe more. Opera GX is legendary, it should also exist on legendary distros....
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freshlypotatoed last edited by
Refreshing this thread, I would love to see GX on Linux. I love to sync my browsers and I am forced to move away from GX becuase of work pc.
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MaGames53812 last edited by
Bumping this thread, I would like to see a native version of GX on Linux. However, I will test GX on WINE to see if that works. Wish me luck.
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MaGames53812 last edited by
I have done some testing, and it seems that (for now) it's not possible to run Opera GX with the WineHQ software
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rosejustin601 last edited by
Another great thing about Opera GX in Linux, is the RAM limit feature, as a common use for Linux is breathing new life into old hardware, and the limited ram would be better utilized, make this happen Opera!
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uriah666 last edited by
created an account just to say that i really really really really want opera gx on linux
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MakerOfMoon last edited byWe need Opera GX on linux, a lot of players play on linux because it doesn't have that much system background processes running. If Opera GX's main point is to have a browser that doesn't eat your RAM, CPU and GPU usage, why can't we have it on an optimized OS? Also since so much gaming platforms work on linux (like Steam) why can't we get another "gaming" program that is useful (and also looks cool)? We all want this.
Thanks for your comprehension,
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SirYakStudios last edited by
necro-posting, but after messing around a bit it seems it "kinda" works lol. Like we can't get opera gx so to speak, but we can at least sync opera with opera gx. I have a pc with windows and opera gx as my gaming pc, then I have a laptop that has windows and ubuntu on it. Sadly we can't get opera gx still on linux, but at least we can sync between opera gx and opera lol... so close but so far
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@siryakstudios Sync on desktop versions is the same regardless of the platform or version. So I can sync regular Opera to GX on my Windows system, and both to Opera for Linux.
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A Former User last edited by
If I may, I will jump back onto my original post and specify that this thread was created a long time ago, but my feedback doesn't change. 22.04 is likely already out in the wild. All I'd possibly want from a Linux-based application of Opera GX is that it's set in an
.appimagefile that can self-update, and as popularity, demand, and resources grow, eventually tailor the packages to their respective distributions (i.e. OperaGX-latest.deb for Debian-based distros, and OperaGX.tar.gz for Arch Linux-based distros). Running Opera GX through WINE, while a stop-gap measure, isn't as efficient as it should be. -
CaptainLian last edited by
@h2-san said in Opera GX on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Manjaro 20.03 XFCE, MacOS, etc.):
If I may, I will jump back onto my original post and specify that this thread was created a long time ago, but my feedback doesn't change. 22.04 is likely already out in the wild. All I'd possibly want from a Linux-based application of Opera GX is that it's set in an
.appimagefile that can self-update, and as popularity, demand, and resources grow, eventually tailor the packages to their respective distributions (i.e. OperaGX-latest.deb for Debian-based distros, and OperaGX.tar.gz for Arch Linux-based distros). Running Opera GX through WINE, while a stop-gap measure, isn't as efficient as it should be.+1 Would love to be able to use Opera GX for linux
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xanaddams last edited by
Absolutely ridiculous to be left out. With appimage or flatpak or even just a only fashioned tar that the communities can repack to their own distros or use any of the cross platform means of install, it's not like they would be catering to the entire community. But I will say that if it i possible for chrome and edge to be available for Linux, then opera is actively choosing to bypass a large portion of the community. They already have opera browser for linux, so it's not like they cant do the same for gx. Hell, they have it for android, which means it can be repacked for linux.
