The Desktop team today released Opera 9.24, a recommended security upgrade for the Opera desktop browser (read the changelog).
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Q: What is Opera?
A: Opera is one of the most powerful Web browsers around. A Web browser is the program that allows you to view Web pages. Opera is well known for innovation for PC browsers and bringing the full web to mobile phones and devices.
Q: Is Opera free?
A: Absolutely free.
Q: Why should I download a browser? Doesn't my computer already come with one for free?
A: It's about getting more out of the time you spend on the internet. Opera is designed to be much faster than these browsers and gives you powerful features that the default browser lacks. Default browsers like Internet Explorer are also more likely to be subjected to dangerous software such as viruses and spyware.
Q: Will Opera keep me safe from fraudulent websites and malicious hackers?
A: According to Secunia, a respected firm that tracks security in browsers, Opera has the best reputation and track record when it comes to browser security. Keeping our users safe from security vulnerabilities, fraudulent websites, and malicious hackers is a top priority for Opera. Opera is maintained by hundreds of engineers, developers and security experts who are constantly looking to make the browser even safer.
Q: Doesn't Opera copy all of their features from other browsers?
A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.
Q: Does Opera support extensions, such as those found in Firefox?
A: Much of the functionality provided through Firefox extensions is already built directly into Opera, so you don't have to download additional extensions in Opera. In addition, Opera is highly customizable and supports all standard plug-ins.
Q: Can I also use Opera on my mobile phone?
A: Yes. And your Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS or almost any connected device and mobile phones. Opera Mobile oftens comes preinstalled from the manufacturers, but if it doesn't you can install Opera Mini which runs on nearly all phones.
Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
-- Opera Mini on your phone
-- Opera Mobile on your phone
-- or learn more about Opera at www.opera.com
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Once again a “security update” that apparently is so immensely unimportant that nobody at opera can spend half a minute putting it on deb.opera.com. I don’t mind paying for opera (and in fact I have paid for it), but I simply can’t stand this “you’re using the right way to update your debian/ubuntu so therefore you are a second class citizen” attitude of opera software.
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Being part of the problem (destructive criticism) will not get you what you want any quicker, i am sure there are forums or places u could go to lobby or pressure opera to post the updates at deb.opera.com. even if it is to keep them on their toes. i have a problem with that too when i update my ubuntu box, but even so, i have to download it on windows manually anyway so i dont see the extra couple steps of downloading it for ubuntu a real problem.
BTW. i’m sure i read somewhere that opera was now included in the ubuntu software delivery system.. unless i was mistaken and my spectacles needed cleaning that day…
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I don’t see how telling about how I feel opera software treats me is destructive. And even if it was criticism of security updates not being delivered would still not be part of this problem.
Also, in my experience it doesn’t help at all to post such criticism where a lot of other people are posting their views on lots of things. Here I hoped that Mr Goldman might know someone who might know someone who has something to do with deb.opera.com, and thus I hope the fact that people are unhappy about opera’s half-assedness regarding deb.opera.com might be communicated to the right person(s).
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Marcus, deb.opera.com should have the latest files by now. Pushing out a new release is a long process, as we need to updated many builds for different OSs (in addition for the custom builds for our business (b2b) customers).
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9.24 Arrived on the on the Ubuntu updater today. Browser updated.
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I got the update on the 19th (IIRC, or maybe the 18th). Great! I don’t mind waiting a day or two (as opposed to the month or so we had to wait prevously), so to have the new version in the repos within a day or two is absolutely wonderful!
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I cannot download the latest opera version on my Wii! I also want to download itunes on the console! >:(