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[Mike Walsh]

Give this a try, Olaf:-

http://www.mediafire.com/file/sjx6um5f4yb4137/Vivaldi-portable64.tar.gz/file

Non-Google, AFAIK.....


Mike.

[tallboy]

Mike, I am happy to report that the latest Vivaldi run like it should, in my 64-bit tahr_6.0.6.
Thanks, mate!

BTW, there is a Vivaldi update today 29. april

[Mike Walsh]

@ tallboy:-

Ah, good, good. I thought it should.

The reason so many of these Chromium-based clones are more popular than their 'parent' is mostly down to the way they're built. Chromium itself is always built using the very newest of everything, so you need a pretty modern, up-to-date system to run it successfully.....and this is what the developers at The Chromium Project automatically assume & take for granted.

Conversely, many of the 'clone' developers take the source code and re-compile it against older dependencies, thus making the browsers more widely accessible to a greater proportion of users; not everybody religiously updates to the very newest of everything the instant it's released. Far from it; left to their own devices, not many would.....and that's why major OS developers prefer to make system updates happen automatically in the background. That way, their 'users' are protected from their own 'foolishness', come what may.....whether they make a conscious effort to upgrade or not.


Mike.

[xenial.]

Hello folks.I usually use pale moon as my main browser but unfortunately the 32bit linux build will stop in november so i decided to peruse around for options.I do have firefox installed also and runs fine and decided to try out vivaldi but i think vanilla chromium would be a better option unless customisation is your thing.

All the best.

[Mike Walsh]

[xenial.]

Hello mike and hope your well in turbelent times.
yes it was mentioned on the PM forum by tobin in the linux section.Not sure about other 3rd party builds but yea it looks like november this year is the cut off date for 32bit linux builds sadly.

[Mike Walsh]

[xenial.]

Hi mike,
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=23985&p=185905#p185905
I know the thread is primarily in regard to basilisk but it would appear it applies to 32bit palemoon also.
32bit linux basilisk has not been available for many months.

best wishes.

[xenial.]

Everytime vivaldi is open there are 2 instances of a process called "cat" running in task manager..is this normal for vivaldi as it is the only browser this occurs on.
thanks.

[Keef]

This is part of the vivaldi-snapshot script (near the end):

[xenial.]

I have a basic understanding of the function and i have posted on their forum and nobody seems to know what the function is for over there.!!,,

It is the ONLY browser that has this process running and i am yet to receive an explanation as to WHY it is running and WHAT it is for.


I am waiting for a linux developer over at the vivaldi forum to explain why it is running and only runs in vivaldi.

[Semme]

Don't be so paranoid >> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=376567

[step]

Semme's link leads to the same page that is referenced in Keef's reply. In that page you can read:

[Semme]

Didn't go that far back, Mate, but I knew that.

[mmmrr]

hi folks,
thanks for the link to vivaldi 32-bit, mike.
seems to install okay, i click on 'launcher' icon,
nothing. in terminal i enter 'vivaldi' get:
bash: vivaldi: command not found
running precise puppy 571 from dvd on older tosh laptop.
thanks for any help.
mmmrr