As you may know, Vivaldi is a Chromium-based open-source internet browser, built by the Opera founder. It did not reach a stable version yet, but it is already usable.
The latest version available is Vivaldi Snapshot 1.0.357.5, which brings the below changes:
- Main / horizontal menu changes: transition to native menus (in progress, more work to be done)
- No shortcuts listed for Undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, select all in horizontal / main menu
- APT warning about two identical sources files: warning will go away from next update
- PPAPI Flash not detected on Mandriva and derivatives
- Backspace does not work as go back in history
- Empty window is left after detaching last tab
- Links issue with target=”_blank”
- No Next Tab (Recent) in Quick Commands
- Prevent tab closing on last default startpage (Speed Dial)
- Audio icon should adhere to “Tabs → Animation” setting
- Copy protocol on all urls, not only http(s) in address field
- Fullscreen not persisting after restart
- Updated Chromium to 48.0.2564.48
Installation instructions:
The Vivaldi website provides both deb and rpm packages of the latest versions of Vivaldi, so installing the browser should not be difficult. Just download the deb/rpm package matching your system’s architecture (i386/i686 for 32 bit systems and amd64/x86_64 for 64 bit systems) and install the package via the default package manager (dpkg or rpm):
How to install Vivaldi Snapshot on 32 bit systems using deb packages:
$ wget https://vivaldi.com/download/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.357.5-1_i386.deb -O vivaldi-snapshot_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-snapshot_i386.deb
How to install Vivaldi Snapshot on 64 bit systems using deb packages:
$ wget https://vivaldi.com/download/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot_1.0.357.5-1_amd64.deb -O vivaldi-snapshot_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-snapshot_amd64.deb
How to install Vivaldi Snapshot on 32 bit systems using rpm packages:
$ wget https://vivaldi.com/download/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-1.0.357.5-1.i386.rpm -O vivaldi-snapshot.i386.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i vivaldi-snapshot.i386.rpm
How to install Vivaldi Snapshot on 64 bit systems using rpm packages:
$ wget https://vivaldi.com/download/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot-1.0.357.5-1.x86_64.rpm -O vivaldi-snapshot.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i vivaldi-snapshot.x86_64.rpm
The installation instructions should work on all the Linux systems using deb packages: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian, SparkyLinux, Robolinux and systems using rpm packages: CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenSUSE and ROSA Desktop.