A few days ago the new version of Opera 63 was released, version in which developers highlight fixes and improvements, plus that mention that Opera 63 brings a number of changes to private browsing, which undoubtedly to the times in which we are living is a mature and above all excellent proposal for users.
Opera has undoubtedly positioned itself in one of the most popular web browsers, as well as being one of the pioneers in different changes in the browser in favor of user privacy. And is that with each new version, Opera is better and comes with many new features.
What's new in Opera 63
Among the most prominent changes in this new version of Opera, the most important of them is the adoption of Chromium 76.0.3809.100 as the basis for the development of the browser. The latest version of Opera arrives now, with a strong focus on privacy and protection of user data.
Besides the Opera developers, They also highlight that this new version of Opera 63 has a more user-friendly interface and that Enhanced privacy feature notifies users that data is deleted or retained after exiting of the private browsing mode of the browser.
Directly after closing a private window, Opera will remove:
- Browsing history
- Cookies and site data.
- Information entered in forms
In case you want to save some data while browsing, Opera will keep:
- Speed dials
- Downloaded files
- Bookmarks
Whereas when the user decides to save a bookmark, Opera will remind him that the bookmark will be saved and will be visible in the bookmarks manager, in the bookmarks bar, or on the home page when you exit private mode.
We want to make sure you know what kind of data is erased when you exit private mode. However, we would also like you to note that some private browsing data (such as newly created bookmarks) will still be visible in normal mode, explains Joanna Czajka in the release notes.
Another of the most anticipated features in this update of Opera 63, due to popular request is the default path when saving bookmarks.
When the user chooses to save a new bookmark but does not select a saved folder path, the system will automatically save to the bookmark bar for quick access instead of creating another bookmark folder.
How to install Opera 63 on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For existing Opera users, can update automatically making use of the built-in function in the browser, we do this from the address bar by typing "Opera: //".
By doing this they will make Opera check the installed version and automatically when the page loads it will start updating to the new existing version.
If you still do not have the browser installed on your system and you want to have it, we must first open a terminal and execute the following commands:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list' wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add –
We update the repositories:
sudo apt-get update
And we finish with the installation:
sudo apt-get install opera-stable
For those who do not want to add repositories, they can choose to install by deb package method. To have the new Opera 63 is downloading directly from the website and obtaining the .deb package for installation.
Done the download of the package .deb you can perform the installation of this with the help of the package manager preferably or they can also do it from the terminal (they must be positioned in the directory where the downloaded deb package is).
Y in the terminal they just have to type:
sudo dpkg -i opera-stable_63.0.3368.43_amd64.deb
Finally, in case of having problems with the dependencies, they are solved with:
sudo apt -f install
And that's it, they'll have this new version of Opera installed.
Or finally they can also install Opera 63 with the help of Snap packages, For this, they only have to have the support to be able to install this type of package on their system.
To install, they just have to open a terminal and type the following command in it:
sudo snap install opera