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Ruarí Ødegaard

The old macOS 10.15 machine I was using for testing Vivaldi has been upgraded, despite not supporting newer macOS versions.

It actually can run @Vivaldi 7.0 despite reports to the contrary you might have heard.

vivaldi.com/os-support-notice-

ℹ️ I went with the third [EDIT: fourth] option (🐧) under "What can you do now?" in the above article. 😉

An iMac running Ubuntu with the software centre open, showing Vivaldi as promoted software.
7 November at 12:53 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
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Ruarí Ødegaard

It has many more years running @Vivaldi and getting OS security updates left in it.

P.S. The built in camera and mic worked out of the box and the Apple mouse was simple to add. Just added as a new bluetooth device. All in all, no real issues to speak of.

7 November at 12:56 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
Ruarí Ødegaard

@Vivaldi Easiest install I have done in ages actually.

I plugged in an Ubuntu USB bootdisk and held the "Option key" on startup. From here I selected the Ubuntu boot disk. Ubuntu fired up and gave an option to install I clicked next a handful of times and then entered stuff like a new username and password, location and keyboard layout.

On reboot, I went to bluetooth settings and added the mouse (I used a spare wired mouse up to that point).

Finally I logged in and opened the Ubuntu software store. We are still a featured snap (as you can see in image). I clicked to install that, entered password again. Done!

Obviously more work if you need to transfer data (which I did not). Otherwise, very, very easy.

@Vivaldi Easiest install I have done in ages actually.

I plugged in an Ubuntu USB bootdisk and held the "Option key" on startup. From here I selected the Ubuntu boot disk. Ubuntu fired up and gave an option to install I clicked next a handful of times and then entered stuff like a new username and password, location and keyboard layout.

7 November at 13:06 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
djbiker

@ruario @Vivaldi same on me. But I was comming from the Microsoft univers - 2 decades ago ;-) Now, all my private machines are running on Linux. That's recycling or reuse of old hardware. It's great for fund trading and all my music or private stuff incl Vivaldi Browser 🙂

7 November at 13:23 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
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