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Having just recovered from having broken versions of Opera, I can, now, whinge about trivial issues.

I use the deb file installed version of Opera Developer and the snap version of Opera Stable (don't ask!) which runs in its own snap virtual environment and does not use the Opera files in ~/.config..

In neither version does the navigation icon for the start page appear in the navigation bar and there is no Settings item to add it.

I suppose it is getting on for about a year that Opera One was released and throughout that time the help page has listed its existance.

Is there a way of adding it to the navigation bar?

Don't make me go back to Opera 12!

@royleith

The problem has been solved.

It appears that even purging an app in muon does not delete the .config files and they are partially used for new installations.

I had worked around the problem by using the snap version of Opera Stable which worked well, but it took ages to start up the snap virtual environment for the first time in a session.

During my problems with Opera Developer via the deb installation file, I had experimented with the synchronization service to see if I could save the passwords , settings and bookmarks. I also backed up the .config files to a safe location, just in case.

Deleting the Opera folders from .config allowed a successful install of the latest Opera Developer which is working correctly. I enabled Synchronization after logging into my Opera account and the passwords, settings and bookmarks seem to be OK. I use Opera Developer as my main browser with the snap version of Opera Stable as a backup.

So the solution is to synchronize passwords, settings, bookmarks and anything else you want preserved, purge the app in muon (or other package manager), delete the Opera folders in ~/.config, install from the deb file and enable synchronization.

And, not quite solved!

One of my regularly used sites was still not rendering correctly in Opera Developer - deb. It is fine in Opera Stable - snap.

I used my repair process to reinstall Opera Developer after deleting the relevant .config files. Just in case the old Synchronization data was causing the problem, I did not enable it. Opera was even more broken.

I used the same process to install Opera Stable from the deb file. It seems fine. I synchronised everything and it was still fine.

I deleted the snap version of Opera Stable and now use the deb version as standard.

Opera Developer

Opera One(version: 102.0.4871.0)
Opera is up to date
Update stream:developer
System:Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (x86_64; KDE)
Chromium version:116.0.5829.0

Opera Stable
Opera One(version: 101.0.4843.25)
Opera is up to date
Update stream:Stable
System:Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (x86_64; KDE)
Chromium version:115.0.5790.102

Now, that looks like a smoking gun with a chromium plated barrel. I am considering locking Opera Stable at the current version until Opera Developer moves to an updated Chromium.