Opera Archive

  • I had been warned that FedEx was on the way. The package arrived yesterday. I waited until both of us were present to open it find a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90Z, from a benefactor (I don’t know whether he wants to be named–I will leave that to him). So I was up until much later than I am used to setting it up. I love...

    Setting Up My New Lenovo ThinkCentre M90Z

    Posted on May 19, 2011 | No Comments
    I had been warned that FedEx was on the way. The package arrived yesterday. I waited until both of us were present to open it find a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90Z, from a benefactor (I don’t know whether he wants to be named–I will leave that to him). So I was up until much later than I am used to setting it up. I love...

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  • The big news in the Linux world last weekend was the release of Debian 6, named “Squeeze.” It’s been in the works for two years. (Debian releases are named after characters in the original Toy Story movie.) Debian is one of the three granddaddies of Linux (the other two are Slackware and Red Hat); most distributions are described as “Debian-based,” “Slackware-based,” or “Fedora-based.” Ubuntu,...

    Squeezing Lenny: Updating Debian 5 to Debian 6

    Posted on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
    The big news in the Linux world last weekend was the release of Debian 6, named “Squeeze.” It’s been in the works for two years. (Debian releases are named after characters in the original Toy Story movie.) Debian is one of the three granddaddies of Linux (the other two are Slackware and Red Hat); most distributions are described as “Debian-based,” “Slackware-based,” or “Fedora-based.” Ubuntu,...

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  • I’m working on making a video of Arch and Virtual box and having trouble getting my microphone to work (I’ve not yet used a microphone with this computer). I’ll get to the last Arch post tomorrow, but, in the meantime, just for grins and giggles, here’s Windows XP shutting down in Virtual Box inside of Debian Lenny. Behind it is the Gnome Nautilus file...

    Windows XP in Virtual Box

    Posted on December 19, 2010 | No Comments
    I’m working on making a video of Arch and Virtual box and having trouble getting my microphone to work (I’ve not yet used a microphone with this computer). I’ll get to the last Arch post tomorrow, but, in the meantime, just for grins and giggles, here’s Windows XP shutting down in Virtual Box inside of Debian Lenny. Behind it is the Gnome Nautilus file...

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  • Opera released their desktop browser v. 10.60 for Linux on Friday, several months later than hoped. See the note at the end of the post for my theory on the reason for the delay. Last September, I posted a two-part tour of Opera v. 10.0. Part One: Mail, News, RSS. Part Two: Browsing, Preferences, Configuration, File Management. All that stuff is still there. In...

    Opera 10.60 for Linux Released

    Posted on July 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Opera released their desktop browser v. 10.60 for Linux on Friday, several months later than hoped. See the note at the end of the post for my theory on the reason for the delay. Last September, I posted a two-part tour of Opera v. 10.0. Part One: Mail, News, RSS. Part Two: Browsing, Preferences, Configuration, File Management. All that stuff is still there. In...

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  • The San Jose Mercury News visits Opera’s unpretentious North American headquarters and reports that the Opera browser, little noticed in the United States, is experiencing significant gains in popularity elsewhere. The story attempts to put the worldwide browser market into a worldwide perspective and is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in Browser Wars II: As recently as 2003, Microsoft’s browser controlled well over...

    Opera Top Browser (in Central Asia)

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    The San Jose Mercury News visits Opera’s unpretentious North American headquarters and reports that the Opera browser, little noticed in the United States, is experiencing significant gains in popularity elsewhere. The story attempts to put the worldwide browser market into a worldwide perspective and is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in Browser Wars II: As recently as 2003, Microsoft’s browser controlled well over...

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  • The BBC reports that Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market is the lowest in a decade, have just dropped below 60% worldwide: Measurement firms tend to agree that IE is losing market share although the percentage share of rival browsers is more hotly contested. In the UK, research firm Nielsen suggests that IE still commands 70% of the market, with Mozilla’s Firefox on...

    Browser Wars Redux: Is IE on the Run?

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    The BBC reports that Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market is the lowest in a decade, have just dropped below 60% worldwide: Measurement firms tend to agree that IE is losing market share although the percentage share of rival browsers is more hotly contested. In the UK, research firm Nielsen suggests that IE still commands 70% of the market, with Mozilla’s Firefox on...

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  • Over the last two and a half weeks, I have packed up and cleaned out my old house and finished the move to Virginia Beach, Va., where spring is well under way. I’m ready to start paying attention to tech again. Yesterday, I was mucking about in the Android Marketplace and discovered that Opera Mini 5 Beta was available for download, so I downloaded...

    Opera Mini 5 for Android G1

    Posted on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Over the last two and a half weeks, I have packed up and cleaned out my old house and finished the move to Virginia Beach, Va., where spring is well under way. I’m ready to start paying attention to tech again. Yesterday, I was mucking about in the Android Marketplace and discovered that Opera Mini 5 Beta was available for download, so I downloaded...

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  • In my last post about Slackware Linux, I mentioned how Slackware does not automatically resolve dependencies. Tonight, I had to deal with a dependency issue in order to run Opera, my favorite browser ™. Here’s how I dealt with it. I downloaded and installed Opera. It installed without errors, but, when I tried to start it, it didn’t. So I opened a terminal window...

    Slackware Linux: Adventures in Dependencies

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    In my last post about Slackware Linux, I mentioned how Slackware does not automatically resolve dependencies. Tonight, I had to deal with a dependency issue in order to run Opera, my favorite browser ™. Here’s how I dealt with it. I downloaded and installed Opera. It installed without errors, but, when I tried to start it, it didn’t. So I opened a terminal window...

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