Opera Web Browser Is Now Available as a Snap on Ubuntu, Other Linux Distros

Canonical and Opera Software informs Softpedia today about the availability of the Chromium-based Opera web browser as a Snap package in the Snap Store for Ubuntu and supported Linux-based operating systems.

Used by more than 322 million users worldwide on a wide range of devices and computer operating systems, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows, Opera is a very popular web browser based on the latest technologies from the open-source Chromium project. On Linux platforms, users can install Opera as DEB and RPM packages.

But as of today, Linux users will be able to install the Opera web browser as a Snap package directly from Canonical's Snap Store on all supported Ubuntu releases, as well as any other Snap-enabled Linux-based operating system, including Fedora, Debian GNU/Linux, Arch Linux, Gentoo Linux, Solus, Linux Mint, openSUSE, and many others.

"We are delighted to welcome Opera to the Snap Store and further expand the choice of applications av... (read more)

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