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Opera 10.53 Beta for Linux and FreeBSD released
Today we released the first beta version of Evenes for Linux and FreeBSD. The build is the same as the one that was posted as a release candidate on this blog on Friday.
Get Opera 10.53 Beta for Linux and FreeBSD
You can also read more about this release on Choose Opera. If you've been waiting for Opera 10.5 to stabilize before trying it on your Linux or FreeBSD system, now is your chance. Try it and keep reporting any issues you have, help us make this the best release for Unix ever!
Get Opera 10.53 Beta for Linux and FreeBSD
You can also read more about this release on Choose Opera. If you've been waiting for Opera 10.5 to stabilize before trying it on your Linux or FreeBSD system, now is your chance. Try it and keep reporting any issues you have, help us make this the best release for Unix ever!
Some of you have asked about the mysterious 'Changed EULA' that appeared in the changelog for Unix in the last snapshot. This is part of an effort from Opera to make it easier to distribute Opera in the package repositories of various open source operating systems. Ruari has more information about that on his blog.
Readers' comments
Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 50, as archived.
About this article
| Published in | Desktop Team blog |
|---|---|
| Date | May 4, 2010 |
| Author | Arjan van Leeuwen |
| Tags | unix, linux, beta, freebsd, evenes, yay! |
| Original | Internet Archive |
Nico4. May 2010, 07:38
I want to try out Ubuntu 10.04 in the next few days and I can test Opera 10.53 Beta for Linux as well
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:40
Originally posted by HellbillyDeluxe:
If you are upgrading, you should watch out for Opera being uninstalled during the Ubuntu upgrade.pedrogfrancisco4. May 2010, 07:42
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:45
Originally posted by AVL:
You can find a copy of the whole license within the Linux/FreeBSD packages or alternatively here. I would encourage you to read the whole thing, though if you are primarily interested in redistribution then perhaps skip to section 2 (ii) first.d4rkn1ght4. May 2010, 07:45
Nico4. May 2010, 07:45
Originally posted by ruario:
Thanks for the tip
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:45
Originally posted by pedrogfrancisco:
Yes this is a packaging bug.Arup Roy Chowdhury4. May 2010, 07:48
neuhaus444. May 2010, 07:49
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:51
Originally posted by neuhaus44:
It works for me. Could you clarify exactly what the problem is. Is it not respecting certain aspects of your theme, if so please state which ones (as we are already aware of some issues).If you get no themeing at all could you please state your Window Manager/Desktop Environment, along with your distro and distro version.
BohwaZ4. May 2010, 07:52
DSK-284289 Color selection doesn't work in preferences
And another one: text color of search engines list in preferences is black on black when using a black background Qt/GTK skin.
Need more work before release.
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:54
Originally posted by bohwaz:
We know, this is a beta, not a finalP.S. Thanks for the feedback.
pedrogfrancisco4. May 2010, 07:54
It's subjective, can't tell you exactly what's missing, but for starters on Kubuntu 10.04, default theme, I shouldn't be able to see the difference between the toolbar and the titlebar.
And the tabs don't seem KDEish, though I can live with that the same way I lived with Chrome's ones.
Abaddon4. May 2010, 07:57
Tt2uang4. May 2010, 07:57
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:58
Originally posted by pedrogfrancisco:
Yes, of course!We are aware of a number of issues but reporting things your have noticed is very helpful. The best place to do this is (as always) via the bug reporting wizard. If you include an email address in your report we will be able to contact you should we need any clarification. You will also be able to email in screenshots, making it easier for us to see exactly what is wrong.
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 07:59
Originally posted by Tt2uang:
It is being worked on right now.arghwashier4. May 2010, 07:59
Tt2uang4. May 2010, 08:00
Originally posted by ruario:
Glad to hear this.
BohwaZ4. May 2010, 08:01
There's also a lot of small bugs in interface, like sometimes when I download a skin, and the confirmation dialog appears (non modal), the buttons only appear if I move the window...
Fiddler37914. May 2010, 08:02
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/408/brokenoperafonts.png
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9819/operapreferencesbroken.png
Please do something about that
The main issues are:
1. Completely broken font rendering in the UI. Font here is Calibri 11pt using Ubuntu defaults (subpixel AA, light hinting) but with embedded bitmaps *disabled* in fontconfig.
2. Forced full hinting when browsing (instead of light hinting as it should be).
Kertesz Laszlo4. May 2010, 08:03
www.realitatea.net
It is a news page loaded with scripts. I blocked the flash ads.
I have Opera open with a few tabs around 120 MB memory usage. I open this site and click some links on it and Opera starts to grow to 400 or more MB (probably goes even more, i always restarted it before). Closing the tab doesnt help (it clears ~5 MB max of memory).
I have disabled memory caching and still i get the same results.
UseLesS4. May 2010, 08:06
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 08:09
Originally posted by Abaddon:
Originally posted by UseLesS:
Yes there are still font issues but it would be more helpful if you provided more information about exactly what is wrong on your system. If you log a bug report (and include a contact email address), you will have the the opportunity to email in screenshots to better highlight the issues.When submitting bugs about fonts it is particularly helpful if you run the following and include the output from the terminal in your bug report:
We also need to know which distribution they use, since some distributions don't have hinting code at all (due to patent issues), while others have it enabled by default. Hence two users with different distros will see something different even if they have the exact same settings!
Also very useful is if you start Opera with:
and again include the output from the terminal. This lets us know what fonts are on your system, which are preffered and if any where blacklisted.
Submitting good bug reports is the best way to draw attention to issues that you consider to be show stopping.
HanSheng4. May 2010, 08:13
Ubuntu Lucid 64
1. anyone know how to use Ibus text input? (Chinese input etc.. i know since 10.5 ctrl+space default for home, I already delete it but still can't change to ibus input.)
2. Download files right click can't use "open folder". (Lucid i386 work fine.)
prd34. May 2010, 08:13
Originally posted by neuhaus44:
Useless comment is useless. It is a pity.
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 08:15
Originally posted by Fiddler3791:
As I said to the others with font issues make sure you also log a bug report.The comments section here is for discussion, not for reporting bugs. The QA and developer teams work primarily with our bug database. We don't always have time to check that every issue mentioned here has a relevant bug entry.
prd34. May 2010, 08:17
Originally posted by UseLesS:
Your username reflects the quality of your bug reports.
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 08:17
Originally posted by arghwashier:
They are still being worked on. However if you have a particular issue you must log it in a a bug report. See my comments to the others.ediowinlin4. May 2010, 08:21
Originally posted by ruario:
Please, see this thread for details
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=550641
I've provided enlarged screenshots and some decription there.
Tell me please, if I need to report this issue to some other place.
Thanks.
avoulk4. May 2010, 08:27
PS: This happens because i tend to press the Alt first. If i press Shift before Alt then the problem does not appear.Note that this bug appeared in the latest (1-2) snapshots!
Fiddler37914. May 2010, 08:27
Originally posted by ruario:
Done: DSK-297367 and DSK-297371.
Daniele4. May 2010, 08:31
the menu style and buttons on the contrary look great, the only problem are the white lines dividing the sections of the O (and right click) menus that should be thinner...
ColKilkenny4. May 2010, 08:45
Originally posted by ruario:
One quite "big" problem is that Opera doesn't render the horizontal line found on menus correctly. I mean the line that is for an example between "Administration" and "Help and Support" in System menu. Problem is visible with Ubuntu 10.04 default theme Ambiance.
pedrogfrancisco4. May 2010, 08:45
Can someone try, while logged in at Google, to open a "Private Tab" and do a Google search? My username still appears at the right top of the page, though opening Gmail asks for sign-in...
Vadim4. May 2010, 08:46
1. JS is'n working correctly in edit forms in different CMS, e.g. http://www.dokuwiki.org/playground:playground - try to write something, then select it and then push one of markup buttons. It's look like Opera think, that no text is selected at all time. Same problem is in SMF, phpBB etc.
2. When I click left mouse button on menu item with submenus - menu close. But it should open a submenu instead, like in all DE and all other programs.
3. And the biggest bug: if you use Alt+Shift for changing keyboard layout and press Alt before Shift in all edit elements - opera open a menu.
4. Problems with opening links from other apllications. If I click on link, e.g. http://help.ubuntu.ru/wiki/system/переходим_на_ubuntu_linux_-_инстукция_для_пользователя_windows from my Jabber client, Opera try to open http://help.ubuntu.ru/wiki/system/пеÑÐµÑ Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð¼_на_ubuntu_linux_-_инÑÑÑкÑиÑ_длÑ_полÑзоваÑелÑ_windows
P.S. Ubuntu x64 (9.10 and 10.04)
kozzi114. May 2010, 08:47
miloe4. May 2010, 08:57
- webpage layout issues: webpages are not rendered correctly. I had this problem with older versions (9.*) of Opera and Ubuntu. Will take screenshots if necessary. For example: http://sporza.be/cm/sporza The radio/tv tab on top of the page is rendered underneath the home tab.
- A grey beam while typing a URL in the addressbar underneath the suggested history / bookmarks list.
- A white pixel on some webpages
Lars-Andreas Kvisle4. May 2010, 09:08
http://lars.kvisle.no/opera_compared.png
Bela Lubkin4. May 2010, 09:09
Originally posted by http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/05/04/:
Also the formatting of the "Reasons to try out Opera" section is all broken. Each entry consists of a heading and then more details; the two are run together with no delineation.I would submit this to the bug wizard, but its selection of problem types is so weak, I have no confidence at all that I am able to reach Opera webmasters through it.
Abhinav4. May 2010, 09:09
Mtlrrr4. May 2010, 09:13
Like in:
.polublack {
position: relative;
top: -100%;
background-color: #000000;
z-index: 5;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
opacity: 0.6;
margin-bottom: -14px;
}
which must cover full parent element.
Oleg4. May 2010, 09:19
Does somebody can use russian letters in any input? It still not possible for me. I hope there is not a problem of my PC... o.0
One more issue: Opera prints sent page twice. Backtrace:
Ubuntu Lucid x64 / GNOME 2.30 / Opera portable
Kyle Baker4. May 2010, 09:20
neuhaus444. May 2010, 09:20
Originally posted by ruario:
The problem occurs not with all themes, but, e.g., with GTK2-step and B_and_W. The problem exits in KDE, Gnome, Window Maker, Enlightenment DR17.
Note, that others GTK applications (gvim, geeqie) does not have this problem.
exis10z4. May 2010, 09:45
* All input elements (buttons,textareas, inputs, etc.) don't have enough padding between the edge of the element and the text inside. Adding 'padding: 3px 5px' makes input boxes look correct, 'padding:3px 12px' for buttons fixes their appearance.
* KDE menu edges are rounded but Opera's are square. Seperators also look incorrect.
* Tab headings (under preferences for example) are 2px (active) and 1px (inactive) too tall and appear ontop the tab content
* Scrolling text areas / select boxes doesn't repaint them correctly (usually generates ghost lines which disappear when you click / highlight the text below them) http://imagebin.ca/view/7g-ZLKH.html
* Navigating through the "Open File" dialog is like watching paint dry. Same dialog in KDE apps works fine.
* Mail HTML composer colour selection button does nothing when clicked
* New mail notification popup on the bottom right doesn't show the e-mail subject (or it's off the screen)
brandon4. May 2010, 09:46
Unfortunately, every time the crash report pops up, it never says it has enough details for the crashlog. I'll try starting it from the command line to see if I can't get any pertinent information.
And considering this build is identical to Friday's, the F2 bug is still there as well.
pureromance884. May 2010, 10:04
iPristy4. May 2010, 10:14
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
OS:Ubuntu 10.04/32bit
Ruari Ødegaard4. May 2010, 10:27