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Opera GX is now available for Linux
Opera GX is now available for Linux

The "gaming browser" Opera GX is now available for Linux, although I'm still not sure why you would want to actually use it.

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Mar 19 at 10:45amWeb
Show threadlukalix983d ago
I don’t use it and don’t plan on using it, but why would one really like to use it?
Show threadRmDebArc_53d ago
It has some neat features like a sidebar, built in adblocker and customization features. I also would never use it but I think it’s a good sign that Linux is being taken serious as a platform
Show threadSavvyWolf3d ago

Isn’t it Chromium based and thus subject to whatever Google forces them to do with adblocking?

I don’t mean to kinkshame and people can use their own favourite browsers, but Firefox has good support for all three of those areas (adblocking is an extension though).

Show threadFizz3d ago
It spends money on advertising so people are convinced its good at something
Show threadSeductiveTortoise3d ago
I liked the real Opera, but you killed it. I don’t want that new thing.
Show threadffhein3d ago
Have you tried Vivaldi? Co-founded by one of the Opera Software co-founders, so perhaps not a surprise that it feels a little bit like classic Opera. I liked it a lot, but I have since switched to Firefox because I want to support the non-Chromium options while they exist.
Show threadeldavi2d ago
thanks for saying this; i want to stay out of the chromium eco-sphere and didn’t know if opera became another chromium clone like everything else has become.
Show threadGhostie3d ago
Maybe now I can approach the issue of getting Gamemaker Studio working on my Linux machine again. They insist on using that stupid browser to license verify for reasons that seem completely arbitrary to me. I wasn’t able to get the searched for workarounds to work on my end due to this browser so I hit a wall.
Show threadFuyuhikoDate3d ago

If a engine would force me to use a specific chrome based browser I would switch the engine…

That sounds like hell my friend.

Show threadGhostie3d ago
It’s only to verify my license. Don’t need to use it otherwise unless I want to post the projects I make on their itch.io clone storefront, which I don’t. I have windows dual booted on its own harddrive so I’ve just been using it there. Would be nice to phase out windows on this use case without having to learn a new engine entirely.
Show threadshrek_is_love2d ago
I don’t know your exact use case, but I suspect that learning Godot might be very worth it. It’s a really intuitive engine.
Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine

Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel.

Godot Engine
Show threadGhostie2d ago
I’ve heard good things about it. But I’ve also heard that vibe coders are trying to get a lot of slop code into the engine. Hoping they keep that out.
Show threadVeganCheesecake2d ago
I mean, you can have a look at recent merged PRs. With proprietary engines, you just don’t know.
Show threadonlooker3d ago
More Chromium. Yay.
Show threadasudox3d ago
great. we came one step closer to the great wall of china