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I have to commend @Franzgrim once again, for providing the feedback that this is happening over at the Mint forums.

Turns out this is graphics type specific ...
a) I updated my two Dell laptops with no problem.
b) I updated one of my desktops (of two) and after the update, Chrome, Chrome Beta, Brave are all affected.
(Opera and Firefox are fine).

My desktops have AMD Radeon RX for graphics.
The laptops use Mesa Intel UHD Graphics ... NOT affected.

If you read the complete thread via the link provided by @Franzgrim ... you will see where someone figured out an easy fix. I will quote the fix just below ... I executed the fix on the affected desktop and it fixed ALL the affected browsers !! (though i renamed the directories, vs deleting them)

Here's the fix (this quote is verbatim):

I found a fix for this problem that works for me. 
Credit to this reply on reddit. 
For each affected app, I had to delete the associated GPUCache directory. 
I ended up having quite a few, and found them with:
find ~/ -type d -name GPUCache
I also ended up deleting all of them 
together with:
find ~/ -type d -name GPUCache -exec rm -rf {} +
but do so at your own risk.

Hope this helps others ...

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it's all in an experimental stage ... and has been for years. The only reason all browsers now push it, is so they can, maybe, be at the top of the ladder.

Just read all the negative reviews. It's not ready for prime time. And that's for all the browsers.

Personally, I avoid it - serves no purpose for us. And if you're asking, probably serves no purpose for you

(sidenote: software engineer here for 30+ years, so have some insight)

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So I've spent time experimenting with different options for a fix for this issue.

Ultimately, this is the easiest and most reasonable. Of course it means you'll have to apply this change to all machines you have Opera on. This easy fix will help those who are concerned with this.

So on all OSes, there is a config file named: "hosts". On Unix style OSes (like Linux), it's path is:
/etc/hosts

On Windows OSes, the path is:
c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

You have to be the root user to edit it. Open the file in your favorite text editor, and append this line:
0.0.0.0 ysrcunow.com

Basically, your browsers and such need to resolve the spelled-out-website-name into an IP numerical address, and then it reaches out to the website using that value. The first thing it does is look in the "hosts" file for the numerical address - if found, it uses it ... otherwise, it reaches out to the your DNS server (like a phonebook of the Internet) for the translation.

Basically, the address "0.0.0.0" is a dead address, ie, it resolves to "nothing", so your browser will NOT be directed to the actual website.

That's it. Good luck to all. I will post this here, and to another thread regarding this concern. The user leocg will probably comment, but doesn't matter. I've also seen this person posting out to a Reddit thread (with a slightly different username, but similar pattern: gomesleo).

(Sidenote: FWIW, I'm a software engineer with 35+ years experience (now retired ... I'm also a published author of four computer books), and spent quite a while with the security team. This is very questionable. After I'm done posting, I will be gone from this forum, and will uninstall Opera from all four of my machines, and will pass on the info to many others).

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Tap Profile menu (icon),
then tap Bookmarks,
then tap the 3-dot menu in the upper right,
then select New Folder

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@cityhunter62 said in Missing X buttons on Tabs/Riders:

Same problem here with Opera One. X has simply been removed entirely !

They are there .... you have to hover your mouse over the Tab, then the X will show up. I know, I have Opera One running on four different openSuse Tumbleweed machines.

The one exceptions is if you're using a touch screen - then the X wont show up.

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In our Linux environment, it's easy to install a "pre-opera one" version.

It's my understanding this is mostly a user to user forum, but there are active admins out here. I doubt seriously Devs are watching (retired Dev here, and I wouldn't be out here )

For me, the VPN icon in the URL bar (address line) is in plain sight, and I can see it switch on and off.

Didn't sell it to Google.

"ugly dark mode"?? disable it.

"aria cr@p"?? disable it.

"just stay with what you were good at".
Not gonna happen ... too much of an investment at this stage to revert back, just because a few folks want the previous generation Opera. Just download pre-One version (and good luck with future security fixes and enhancements )

I've had, pretty much, no issues with Opera One. Maybe it's my runtime environment, or my specific usage of Opera (I run four different browsers, each with a specific use case).

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@gezal said in How to create folders in Bookmarks?:

@myswtest how to add folders to the speed dials?

Easy. Look at my screenshots. Let's say you have two Speed Dial entries. Long press on one Speed Dial and hold it down, then drag it onto the other Speed Dial you want in same Folder.

Now they are in a Folder. Now long press the Folder, then select Edit to give the Folder a name. Done.

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@krliman1981

Yea, that was my point, and a sort of confirmation ...

It's obviously broken on the Windows side

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@gezal ... no problem - glad it's solved!

(Sidenote: I left the Windows world long ago (using Linux about 20+ years), so have a little bit of that out-of-the-box mentality myself )

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@hey008 and @PranayChaturvedi ...

My perception is this is mostly a user to user forum, although there are active Moderators.

If it is so, the development team is not watching these threads.

There are a couple of active "feedback" threads going on, which might be where the dev team is getting feedback from.

But yea, I understand, taking away features that are well known and expected of all browsers is thoughtless.

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