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Posted: Jan. 06 2007,08:40

Ah, I see. Thank you for this information.
I didn't check the module's info.

Therefore, for the time being, I will have both versions ( 8.52 and 9.00 ) on my drive.

Version 9.10 is already available with further improvements.
With this version, I would like to try adding "/etc/opera6rc" to "backup.tar.gz" then. Unfortunately, this new version (9.10) isn't available yet in the MyDSL application.

On the Opera side, I saw that you can choose the download for severall distributions and vendors. Unfortunately, DSL is not listed there. What is the best and easiest way to get an actual version?
- Wait till somebody has made a special DSL module? But this could take longer time as seen in the past.
- Downloading a "module" for another distribution, which is usable in an easy way as well? But with which disadvantages? I do not have much experiences / knowledge with Unix / Linux yet. Is it very complex to install? Which "module" for which distribution would be the best in this case?

Thanks again in advance.

roberts

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Posted: Jan. 06 2007,14:53

Three things:

1. The easy fix for old(er) Opera versions huge opening screen and no fonts.
Edit /etc/opera6rc and add the following line just under [User Prefs]

Enable Xft Fonts=0

2. I have made Opera 9.10 into a dsl extensions and am using it at the momemnt. I will post it later today.

3. If you cannot wait, then you can install Opera 9.10 all within /home/dsl by downloading from the Opera site, first scroll through the list for static version and second select tar.gz as the format. If you tar extract and run install.sh as user dsl then it will install in /home/dsl Don't forget to take care of font issue as above.