Linux-flavour of Opera out

BANGALORE, INDIA: Opera has announced the availability of Opera 10.53 beta for Linux and FreeBSD for download. In this beta release, Opera has apparently designed a faster, more feature-rich browser that is tailored for the Linux-platform.

Opera claims that it is adept at running on different Linux and FreeBSD systems, bringing its renowned speed and easy navigation to all users.

With better integration with KDE and Gnome desktops and full support for skinning, Opera 10.53 for Linux hopes to give users, a seamless integration on a wide variety of different Linux distributions.

A new End User License agreement for Opera 10.53 beta for Linux states that Opera 10.53 beta is now available for inclusion in software distribution repositories for wide distribution  on Linux and FreeBSD operating systems. Additionally, all browsers (Desktop, Mini and Mobile) can be installed in organizations. For example a systems administrator at a school can install Opera on all the school's PCs.

“Linux has always been a priority at Opera, as many people within our own walls are devoted users,” said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder, Opera Software. “It was important for us in this release to make alterations to our terms of usage, in order to make Opera even easier to distribute on Linux”, he added.

Get Opera for Linux and FreeBSD here.