Opera Browser: A Fast, Simple and Light Web Browser for Linux

Opera Browser Start Screen

Opera Browser - Home Screen

Currently apart from Office Automation Editors (Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, among other formats) Internet browsers are the most popular applications used by users of all levels and experiences. With the latter, people can begin to travel to more and more distant places on the Web to take advantage of the full potential of the global network.

Unfortunately, a user can spend a lot of time and energy browsing the internet, while being exposed to security and privacy flaws, or slowness of the computer or the internet due to the same browser. However, nowadays browsers have incorporated many features and shortcuts to protect the user and speed up their activity on the network. AND Opera Browser is a great example of a good Web Browser cross-platform especially fast, simple and light for Linux.

It is something very important take the time to make sure we use a great web browser, especially because of the great variety on the market, such as Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Although there are also other free both private and free.

A worthy example of a well-made Free Web Browser is Opera Browser, a Web Browser that provides the User with a good, safe and reliable experience on the Internet.

Opera Browser Banner

What is Opera Browser?

Opera is a free but not free Web Browser, created by the Norwegian company Opera Software. Use the Blink rendering engine.

Today comes in desktop, mobile and laptop versions, and available for Microsoft Windows Desktop Operating Systems, Mac OS, GNU / Linux, and Microsoft Windows, Android and iOS Mobile Operating Systems; as well as the Java ME platform, among a few others.

Opera Browser has always been a futuristic vision web browser, that is, a pioneer in having features that are later adopted by other web browsers. A good example of this is the Quick Access feature (Speed ​​Dial) and most likely in the near future the VPN feature.

Opera Browser is what it is today, precisely because the work philosophy and business vision of Opera Software for its public and market. Which is nothing more than, and quoting it:

Opera products enable more than 350 million Internet consumers discover and connect to the content and services that matter most to you, regardless of device, network, or location. In turn, we help advertisers reach audiences that create value for their business. Opera also offers products and services to more than 120 operators around the world, allowing them to provide a faster, cheaper, and better network experience to their subscribers.

We strive in develop superior products and services for our users around the world, through the latest technology, innovation, leadership and agreements with companies.

Opera Browser 53 Mac OS

How is Opera Browser?

Opera Browser is currently available in version 53, and specifically for GNU / Linux Operating Systems, this version is 53.0.2907.37, the downloadable file available for the 64Bit platform being the following: opera-stable_53.0.2907.37_amd64.deb

Today, this browser offers the following features:

  • More security and more privacy: Opera guarantees us that its high level of implemented browsing security allows us to enjoy more fully the content explored on the web. Its implemented technologies make Opera Browser a secure browser that protects us against fraud and malware on the web. And in the face of privacy failures, it offers us its new unlimited and free VPN function.
  • Enjoy the network without ads and annoying advertising: Opera Browser always at the forefront of innovation is the first major browser that can block ads without using plugins. Tests on it show that the built-in ad blocker makes content-heavy web pages load in Opera up to 90% faster.
  • Perform several tasks at the same time on the web: The accessible layout of its visual bookmarks, fresh and easy tabbed browsing and useful customizable shortcuts arranged in a sidebar mean that the user can carry out their work in less time than in any other browser. And with regard to its multimedia functions, it has a new pop-up video function, that is, with a floating video frame that can be changed position to continue browsing and working in other applications without missing a single frame of the video.
  • Browse faster and for longer: The Web Browser focuses very particularly on the issues of speed and performance. For this, it has the following functionalities: "Opera Turbo compression function" and "Native ad blocker", among other functions that help to navigate faster. And, in the case of browsing through mobile or portable devices, it offers the new "Battery Saver" function, to extend browsing for longer by extending the device battery charge by up to 50%.
  • Convert Currencies Online: It has a currency converter integrated in the browser, specially designed to operate within the online shopping processes all over the world to avoid the cumbersome problems of convertibility of the amounts that will be charged to the user's credit card.
  • A high level of customization of the Web Browser interface: This innovative company has built its Browser in such a way that it currently has more than 1.000 extensions to facilitate its customization, by downloading extensions and themes from a great catalog of add-ons, ready to optimize our browsing experience with a personal touch, reaching even allowing us to give life to the home page of our Web Browser.
  • Always keep in sync: The Web Browser allows us to easily return to the navigation point where we have left our session open from any other Opera Browser on any other Desktop, Mobile or Portable device. It also lets us log in with our Opera account to synchronize our browsing data, such as: bookmarks, open tabs, passwords and history.
  • Create our own personalized news channel: It has this functionality available on the home page of the browser, allowing us to add our favorite news sources from around the world, in addition to the 50 most important articles in our location area.
  • Integrated Messaging and Social Media Plugins: In the Bookmarks Bar this friendly web browser already brings us the following services: Facebook Messenger, Whatapps, Telegram and VKontakte (VK).
  • Native Protection Against Digital Mining: Since the launch of Opera 50, the browser has a protection against cryptocurrency mining natively. And is the first to do it!
  • Various standard options: Closed and muted multiple tabs, Tab preview with live playback, and the modern functionality called My Flow, which allows the user to create their own personal space for the links, videos, images and notes that they want to have on their computer and phone at the same time.

Opera Browser Welcome

How to install it on our GNU / Linux?

At Lóleo Eventos, home page of the official website in Spanish from Opera Software there smart download button that determines the type of Operating System used and automatically chooses the type of Installer (Executable) necessary for your system.

After pressing, and in case of having a Free Operating System based on DEBIAN or Ubuntu, that is, that handles .deb packages, it will provide us with the appropriate installer, which will be recorded (downloaded) in the default path, that is, the Download folder.

You just have to execute the command command:

sudo dpkg -i Descargas/opera-stable_53.0.2907.37_amd64.deb 

or the following if there are other .deb packages or change the download version in the future:

sudo dpkg -i Descargas/opera-stable*.deb 

After that, it only remains to run it in our Operating System and enjoy it.

Opera Browser Terminal Installation

Opera Browser - About

The future

Opera Browser also has installable Betas versions so that we can test and experiment with what it brings us for the near future. So that Testing the new features of our great browser and experimenting with it is a breeze with the Opera Beta and Opera Developer versions.

These versions are updated every two weeks, which allows us just in time to test the news before they release the final updated version of the browser.

Opera Browser Beta

Recommendation

Since the last time in DesdeLinux We review this Web Browser, in the article Opera 25 comes to GNU / Linux with native window decoration, it has evolved rapidly.

I personally recommend downloading and testing Opera Browser, and if you like it, leave it as the default (main) Web Browser of the Operating System, due to its fast startup, low consumption of RAM and CPU processes, and high levels of customization of the User Interface. Without neglecting The VPN Features, Native Advertising Blocking and Digital Mining (cryptojacking) and the large compendium of available add-ons, make it a very valuable Web Browser.

Therefore, I have chosen it as my default Web Browser in my own GNU / Linux Distro called MinerOS.

Opera Browser - Miner OS

Opera Browser - RAM Consumption

Finally a video of the Official Channel of opera so that they see it work:

Until the next article!


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  1.   Martin Moon said

    I have used the Opera since the time it brought notices, for me the best

  2.   Jose Albert said

    I had never used it frequently, but my son told me about it recently and I appreciate it for its many benefits!

  3.   Juanito said

    Very good article…. I personally love Opera ...

    1.    Jose Albert said

      If it really is a very good browser for a long time!