Opera 6 for computers
Opera 6.00, released on December 18, 2001, brought Unicode support, so that Opera could display the world's languages, and a redesigned interface, with the Hotlist panels, skins, the Personal bar and the choice between a single-document and the classic multiple-document window. It also introduced Small-Screen Rendering, the technology behind Opera on phones.
What was new
- Unicode and internationalized domain names
- Hotlist panels and the Personal bar
- Skins
- Single-document interface as an option
- Small-Screen Rendering
- First FreeBSD version (6.10, October 2002)
opera.com on January 24, 2002.
In numbers
- First release: 2001
- 10 releases, 14 builds
- Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, QNX
Downloads
Betas and previews are shown in grey. Dates come from Opera's FTP server when available, otherwise from the release history.
| Version | Released | Platform | Downloads |
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| 6.12 | Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 3.0 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 3.2 MB 32-bit .rpm 3.2 MB 32-bit .deb 3.2 MB
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| FreeBSD |
32-bit .tar.bz2 3.0 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 3.2 MB
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| Solaris |
SPARC .tar.bz2 3.5 MB SPARC .tar.gz 3.9 MB SPARC .Z 5.6 MB SPARC .tar.Z 5.7 MB
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| 6.11 | Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 3.0 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 3.2 MB 32-bit .rpm 3.2 MB 32-bit .deb 3.2 MB
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| FreeBSD |
32-bit .tar.bz2 3.0 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 3.2 MB
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| Solaris |
SPARC .tar.bz2 3.5 MB SPARC .tar.gz 3.9 MB SPARC .z 5.6 MB SPARC .tar.z 5.7 MB
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| 6.10 | October 31, 2002 | Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 2.8 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 3.2 MB 32-bit .deb 3.0 MB 32-bit .rpm 3.1 MB
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| FreeBSD |
32-bit .tar.bz2 3.0 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 3.2 MB
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| Solaris |
SPARC .tar.bz2 3.5 MB SPARC .tar.gz 3.9 MB SPARC .Z 5.6 MB SPARC .tar.Z 5.7 MB
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| 6.06 | March 2003 | Windows |
Installer 3.4 MB
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| 6.05 | August 13, 2002 | Windows |
Installer 3.4 MB
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| 6.04 | June 1, 2002 | Windows |
Installer 3.4 MB
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| 6.03 | May 27, 2002 | Windows |
Installer 3.4 MB
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| Mac |
.sit 4.0 MB
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| Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 2.7 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 2.9 MB 32-bit .rpm 2.9 MB 32-bit .deb 2.9 MB
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| 6.02 | May 15, 2002 | Windows |
Installer 3.4 MB
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| Mac |
.sit 3.9 MB
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| Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 2.7 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 2.9 MB 32-bit .rpm 2.9 MB 32-bit .deb 2.9 MB
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| 6.01 | February 12, 2002 | Windows |
Installer 3.2 MB
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| Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 2.6 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 2.8 MB 32-bit .deb 2.8 MB 32-bit .rpm 2.8 MB
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| 6.01 beta 1 | July 24, 2002 | QNX |
32-bit package (.qpr) 1.6 MB
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| 6.00 | December 18, 2001 | Windows |
Installer 3.2 MB
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| Mac |
.sit 4.9 MB
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| Linux |
32-bit .tar.bz2 2.6 MB 32-bit .tar.gz 2.8 MB 32-bit .deb 2.8 MB 32-bit .rpm 2.8 MB
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| QNX |
PowerPC .tgz 1.6 MB
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| 6.00 beta 2 | Mac |
.sit 4.0 MB
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| 6.00 beta 1 | November 13, 2001 | Windows |
Installer 3.2 MB
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| 6.00 beta | April 2, 2002 | QNX |
32-bit package (.qpr) 1.6 MB
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