I know it's been only a month since my last comment in this thread, and i also know that "difficult" things like Opera Blink for Linux cannot happen within a month. We only know that "it's being cooked". The so long period of waiting reminds me of Yandex Browser! It's been almost 2 or 3 years (or even older, i don't remember exactly) and in their site they STILL say that they're preparing a linux version! Wow, it must be such a difficult thing, especially if you think that Yandex Browser is nothing more or less than Google Chrome slightly modified to contain Yandex services instead of Google. I know, you will tell me for one more time that Opera isn't the same and that there are so many different linux distros and desktop envirnoments... But, seriously, it's been 3 months ago since I read about a "ready very soon" version of Opera Blink for linux in a blog (i don't remember the exact name but, supposedly, it was a blog of a developer from Opera) and there's nothing yet, not even a developer version, a pre-alpha, something to tell us that "here it is, it's coming"!! And all this happens while Opera is preparing for version 21, Opera Next is version 22 and Opera Dev is at version 23!!! It looks like I was right when I said in one of my past comments (i don't remember in which thread) that Opera for linux isn't going to be released before summer 2014, it won't be released during the summer, not even after the summer and generally not during 2014!!! Maybe end of 2015, even 2016... who knows!!!

A nice idea would be to release linux version of "Opera Blink" for the most widely used linux desktops (Unity / Gnome / KDE / XFCE are used by almost 90-95% of linux users) and then, time after time, support other flavors & GUIs too. Has anyone tried the linux version of Maxthon Browser? If you try it you will be surprised, and you know why? Because after running the browser you are presented with the known Maxthon gui... but if you enter into the browser's settings, they look more or less like... chrome! As if Maxthon for Linux is Google Chrome...skinned! But, at least, Maxthon made something to show to the linux users that they aren't ignored!!!

I've been always using 2 browsers on my linux system (and I still do), so I never "made a switch". The only difference is that now I use Chrome and Firefox while back then I've been using Chrome and Opera (what an irony!!! Two different browsers then that became one now!). I've tested Opera 18 on my sister's windows pc and I consider it very fast and responsive. It lacks some of the presto-based opera's features, but most of them will be back little-by-little in each new version. There were 4 new releases of Blink Opera since OTeam made the switch to the faster release cycle and it's been just a few months. So, there will be many many more releases (and thus more new features) during 2014 I guess (and a Linux version too, very very soon I hope!). We've been waiting for so many months now, lets just wait a little more!!