Flatpak support
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@Ruarí It's great to hear from you! I think we're all used to asynchronous contribution and development, so no rush, just let me know if or when I can help coordinate
I read through the thread, and it was indeed interesting, as was the timing of all this. I'll make sure refi64 is aware of it and the unofficial flatpak. Edit: done.
I and a few others I know have already installed the flatpak for testing, and I know it's been posted in a few discord servers.
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I added a further comment here because I felt like people might think I am knocking refi64's work and
- That is not my intention.
- I would not be qualified to. I am not even a dev.
- I would not want to knock anyone who steps up and takes on such a task. Hats off!
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@Ruarí That was the impression I had, it is good to see it reinforced.
I reached out to them because I thought they might be able and happy to help explain their work, expedite the review process, and address concerns. It sounded like they would be
Something I'd like to note/reiterate from a conversation with them just in case - I believe the patches for the Chromium Browser flatpak linked/described above are a bit different from Zypak, or at least more condensed and refined, and therefore hopefully easier to review in full.
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@Ruarí said in Flatpak support:
The timing is interesting. I already put out a flatpak. Today actually, albeit in my name rather than as Vivaldi for the time being:
That was a big surprise!
I have already installed it!
What about Snapshot version?
Now we want Vivaldi Snapshot Flatpak!
Offtopic:
I am not often install a fresh Vivaldi version. The UI does feel busy, so many things need to configure.. And I am especially not fan of centered Address Bar items with empty spaces
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I am not often install a fresh Vivaldi version. The UI does feel busy, so many things need to configure.. And I am especially not fan of centered Address Bar items with empty spaces
Sync your settings from your other install.
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@Ruarí said in Flatpak support:
Sync your settings from your other install.
Yes, I can do that, but prefer manual customization...
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You could also copy your settings over?
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@Ruarí said in Flatpak support:
You could also copy your settings over?
Probably (never tried that), I wish there was a single config file I can copy/import/export to.
But I can pretty quickly customize Vivaldi as I know where all important settings are, so it's not a big problem for me
I wish that default UI settings would be better.
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@Stardust There is a single config folder you can copy; it doesn't include chromium flags, your background, or your CSS folder if you have one, but it should include everything else. Edit: for anyone else who may be reading, note, there may be some risks to this, although it worked for me - see the next few messages.
If you go to the address vivaldi://about it is the Default folder at the end of the profile path. For example, here is the path for where I copied it to in the flatpak: /var/home/atimeofday/.var/app/com.vivaldi.Vivaldi/config/vivaldi/Default
Default settings could maybe be better, but that's a resource-intensive thing to refine because it is necessary to test with real new users.
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@atimeofday I am trying to avoid a potential borked Vivaldi when copying profile folder between different Vivaldi versions - stable and snapshot and now also flatpak. Also my system Vivaldi version could have different version than Vivaldi Flatpak.
And who knows, maybe some bug could emerge later after several updates, and the cause of this would be something to do with manual profile replacement I did earlier.
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@Stardust you saved me the trouble of writing to point out that exact danger, heehee. however there's some individual files imo it's safe to copy between versions, eg, bookmarks, notes, dictionary, then possibly also history, favicons, top sites, web data. the one file definitely NOT to copy, which is a great shame as it holds most of your customisations, is preferences.
in olden days i always had good results copying my session files, but these days i dunno how safe that'd be. a workaround idea would be to save all open tabs as bookmarks, which then will come across by copying that bm file, then reopen that particular bm group to basically rebuild your session.
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@ybjrepnfr IIRC downgrades are not recommended, so I assume it also not safe to copy profile from the latest Vivaldi version to the older one.
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@Stardust @ybjrepnfr Understandable. I copied mine from stable to snapshot to flatpak with no detected issues, but there are definitely some risks to it, and at some point it may be good for me to take the time to set up a fresh copy. I'll edit my recommendation to note the risk, in case anyone else stumbles across it
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@Stardust said in Flatpak support:
I have already installed it!
What about Snapshot version?
Now we want Vivaldi Snapshot Flatpak!Yes Please Snapshot version would be nice.
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@Ekhceed said in Flatpak support:
@Stardust said in Flatpak support:
I have already installed it!
What about Snapshot version?
Now we want Vivaldi Snapshot Flatpak!Yes Please Snapshot version would be nice.
Snapshot flatpak version would help to test new features!
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We need Snapshot
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So I've been using the flatpak for about a week now and I got to say, the experience has been exactly as I hoped it be. Been waiting for this ever since I got my Steamdeck.
- posted from a Steamdeck.
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@Musicialgamer Nice to read, that it works on Steamdeck.
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Also using this on the Steam Deck Oled, all my passwords and autocomplete stuff came right over.
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Thank you for providing the Flatpak version. I was searching for where to report issues related to the Flatpak version when I realized that this is very fresh
Where would be the best place to complain that I cannot setup Vivaldi in a Flatpak as the default browser? In the Vivaldi settings it thinks that it is the default browser but the setting is not effective. In Gnome (45) in Settings>Default Apps (at the bottom)>Web I cannot see "Vivaldi" but I see the other browsers I have installed, native or Flatpaks.P.S. Thank you for the effort!
