Vivaldi Install Directory (Snapshot on Steam Deck)
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Hi there, I've just installed the snapshot version on my new Steam Deck via this helpful guide, but now I'm unable to add the .desktop file that launches the instance to Vivaldi as a non-steam game in Steam to launch it from the core of SteamOS.
Where is the main install directory located, so I can try and link directly to the application file? I'm rather new to Linux as a whole, so navigating around it's internal file structure is rather new to me.
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@cpyrgtnme
/home/deck/.local/share/applicationsmost probably, you can also find the executable path in yourvivaldi://about. But I never heard someone using a browser from inside Steam, wouldn't it make more sense you to switch to "Desktop Mode"? -
Switching to Desktop Mode requires an interface reboot, which isn't ideal if I want to flip between this, Discord and a game for grabbing game tips - and the controller interface isn't as nice as well as the Desktop Mode lacking an onscreen keyboard.
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@cpyrgtnme Right, didn't know that, but I plan to get one in the future, let's hope so
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@npro said in Vivaldi Install Directory (Snapshot on Steam Deck):
@cpyrgtnme Right, didn't know that, but I plan to get one in the future, let's hope so
let's also hope Vivaldi flatpak version would be available at this time
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@stardust Unnessecary bloat, with the script you run Vivaldi faster and cleaner. Plus with flatpak, you can't include the proprietary codec.
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@cpyrgtnme said in Vivaldi Install Directory (Snapshot on Steam Deck):
Switching to Desktop Mode requires an interface reboot
What a non-Desktop Mode is called I wonder? Is it a Steam app in fullscreen and there is no menu to exit it?
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@npro said in Vivaldi Install Directory (Snapshot on Steam Deck):
Plus with flatpak, you can't include the proprietary codec.
So proprietary codecs are included in Vivaldi package?
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@CPYRGTNME Fyi, you can install the Stable version as well with the script in case you didn't know, to not be bothered by the (potential) breakages of beta software or the numerous updates, you would just need to add a
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@stardust right now yes, but in a unofficial, "hacky"* way, the other way would be far more complicated -if not impossible- I suppose.
*it calls and installs them from a script
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@npro Noted. Wasn't an option at the time due to lack of keyboard. after fiddling around and getting some help from a friend - seems this isn't an option. Either going to have to use Chrome, or Firefox. As I despise Chrome, this choice is easy. (Fairly growing dislike of Google services).
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How then Firefox flatpak, Edge flatpak, Chromium flatpak solved this problem with proprietary codecs?
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@stardust Firefox uses openh264 or what it is called "gifted" from Cisco iirc? Edge is Microsoft so they can afford paying the royalties of millions, Chromium, I have no clue, maybe it's because of Google already.
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@cpyrgtnme Never tried that, but what if you add
./vivaldiin the Launch Options? Do you get something? -
@npro Nope, it just goes from "Play" to "Stop" and then instantly to "Play" again with nothing happening.
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@cpyrgtnme That could be because you have installed Vivaldi Snapshot, I forgot, in that case try with
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@npro Nope, that one doesn't do anything either. I think this is just a dead-end, but I appreciate all the help.
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@cpyrgtnme Damnit! I hate this when it's happening
So just to be clear, in the
TARGET textfield you have
""/home/deck/.local/share/vivaldi-snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot""in START IN
""/home/deck/.local/share/vivaldi-snapshot/"and in LAUNCH OPTIONS
./vivaldi-snapshotand you get nothing, right? It starts "playing" then it stops.
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@npro Yeah, that's exactly what I've got. I appreciate the help, but I'm tweaking Firefox as we speak, ahaha. I'll still use Vivaldi on my PC and my Fold at least.
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@cpyrgtnme What if you remove the double quotes and the entry from the Launch Options? Keep one pair of them for the above 2 lines. We must crack it now you know, there's no return!
just
TARGET
"/home/deck/.local/share/vivaldi-snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot"START IN
"/home/deck/.local/share/vivaldi-snapshot/"
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