AND Opera Browser is a great example of a good Web Browser cross-platform especially fast, simple and light for Linux. However, nowadays browsers have incorporated many features and shortcuts to protect the user and speed up their activity on the 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. 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. to create embedded software applications for the Chinese market.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. The company also announced that it's working with Chinese Linux vendor Redflag Software Technologies Co. In other announcements this week, Opera said it has released Opera Version 6.02 for Linux and its latest Version 6.04 for Windows. 'If SuSE wants to expand its position in the marketplace, an important part of it is getting public awareness.' 'Anything that SuSE can do that elevates them above the noise can help them,' Kusnetzky said. Including Opera as another option for users could help SuSE distinguish itself from U.S. The Opera browser was created beginning in 1992 as an alternative to the then-nascent Mozilla Web browser, Kakridas said.ĭan Kusnetzky, an analyst at IDC in Framingham, Mass., said that the move to include Opera is key to SuSE gaining support for Linux on the desktop, especially in North America.

Users can select their preference following the default installation, he said. SuSE also includes other Linux Web browsers in its package, including Netscape, Mozilla and KDE Konqueror, with the Konqueror browser set as the default installation, Fischer said. Users can register the software and pay a $39 license fee to get rid of the ads. The bundled software is Opera's shareware version, which includes ads. Fischer said SuSE began bundling the Opera browser to show that quality commercial products are available for Linux.

A similar bundling deal will soon be announced for MandrakeSoft's Mandrake Linux, and talks with other Linux vendors are ongoing, said Dean Kakridas, vice president of desktop products at Opera.Ĭarsten Fischer, a SuSE product manager, said the bundling deal with Opera began in April, when SuSE unveiled its SuSE Linux Version 8 software.

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