32bit linux version.
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Is it safe to assume the 32bit linux version has been axed completely.?
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I don't wish to stop using vivaldi..but it doesn't sound favourable from my point of view.
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Is anyone else experiencing no update from the repository despite there being a Debian 32 bit link available when I go to the download page of Vivaldi?
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@gwen-dragon is 3.7 ok to use for now gwen.?
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@gwen-dragon said in 32bit linux version.:
@mossman There is no 4.0 for 32bit i386 in repo. See https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/pool/main/
On https://vivaldi.com/download/ are only older 3.7 for 32bit, check links.
Oh poopy-poops!
I hadn't actually clicked the link to see what would be downloaded. So is that really the end of the road for my old netbook...? It spent five years in a dark cupboard until I doubled the memory and changed the Linux distro - then suddenly woke up and enjoyed a few months where I could actually run Vivaldi for a full internet experience and watch videos with VLC...
It seems sad that just as it was getting a new lease of life Chrome kicks it to the ground... again!
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I would like to have a statement from Vivaldi about this as it could potentially stop me being able to use the browser on one of my machines.
I understand that it seems to be the fault of Chrome (again) - but not saying anything about the issue at all doesn't look good, in my opinion.
If you go to the download page it doesn't even say that the file coming in is actually 3.7 and not 4.0! At least pop up a warning that 32 bit Linux is delayed or that support is likely to be dropped or that you're looking for a workaround or something...
I read somewhere that netbooks might actually be able to run 64 bit Linux if they have enough memory (and I did expand it last year) so I might have a go at that. But with no clue which direction Vivaldi is taking I'm currently in limbo - stuck using a broken 3.8 and don't know what to do!
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@mossman and ironically I was just thinking of breathing new life into an old unused desktop by installing the same 32 bit Linux... not much point if I can't do my normal browsing on it.
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@mossman said in 32bit linux version.:
I would like to have a statement from Vivaldi about this as it could potentially stop me being able to use the browser on one of my machines.
I understand that it seems to be the fault of Chrome (again) - but not saying anything about the issue at all doesn't look good, in my opinion.
If you go to the download page it doesn't even say that the file coming in is actually 3.7 and not 4.0! At least pop up a warning that 32 bit Linux is delayed or that support is likely to be dropped or that you're looking for a workaround or something...
I read somewhere that netbooks might actually be able to run 64 bit Linux if they have enough memory (and I did expand it last year) so I might have a go at that. But with no clue which direction Vivaldi is taking I'm currently in limbo - stuck using a broken 3.8 and don't know what to do!
Necro-bumping to say: hello from current Vivaldi on the old netbook again!!!
So netbooks can run 64-bit Linux after all... who knew!? I had to install a completely fresh OS just for Vivaldi, so it had better be worth it...
(And I wish I'd known the whole "netbooks only work with 32-bit" thing was a myth back when I first dumped XP - I spent ages looking for the right distros over the last few years!!!)
This ol' thing just keeps on getting pulled out of the drawer every year or two and brought back to life for another few months.
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You could use virtualbox if so required or indeed created another partition for a 64bit linux.
Sorry which linux are you using.?
Even though my laptop is 32bit the CPU does have 64bit registers and i installed a 64bit puppy linux and vivaldi runs just fine even though there is extra toil on the CPU. -
@priest72 It's a 12 year old netbook which I only want to occasionally use for watching a video or catching up on mail/news - so when Vivaldi stopped working it was back gathering dust under the bed. It only had 32-bit Q4OS (a Debian variant) and I didn't think a virtual machine would run 64-bit inside a 32-bit OS.
Anyway, I took a chance on 64-bit Q4OS and it's fine! Vivaldi running perfectly and VLC even seems smoother than before. It's performing better than ever. Wish I'd known this was possible back when it took half an hour to finish booting up XP!
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just an update.
On a 64bit os (fossapup linux) and discovered high cpu usage was being caused by the compositor..So i disabled and cpu usage dropped dramatically.
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@priest72 it's KDE Plasma here... thanks for the tip, I'll take a look at bypassing the compositor.
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@mossman I hope it is of benefit to you.
I reinstalled fossapup about a week ago and was experiencing high cpu usage when vivaldi was open and i incorrectly diagnosed a browser problem but upon perusal of the puppy forum some very helpful members there pointed me in the direction of (picom) which is the fossapup compositor and i also disabled the conky too and the results were significant.Not too certain if this discovery could apply to other linux distros in regard to cpu usage.
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I support a range of ubuntu LTS derivative VMs
( Virtual Machine) Desktops. And need to update
32bit vivaldi on these. Ironically it was one of my
testers that recommended it to me.VirtualBox dropped Full 32bit emulation in 2019;
the performance has degraded horribly. Especially
for core (kernel etc) upgrades. On identical hardware.But these VMs are a mainstay to my Desktop
workflow, and development work. Likely to stay
that way.Is the 32bit deb package FINISHED Also?
If so I'll remove the ancient one from the VMs.
I removed chromium for Vivaldi.Its annoying to have to put it back and throw
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@kgdev5tc said in 32bit linux version.:
And need to update
32bit vivaldi on these/edit: You can not get a 32bit Vivaldi version, the current Chromium core does not build on Linux.
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Thats Great News! How? I have ftp http Download
links but never see any newer deb versions.AFAIR one of them near to the last had an issue
with missing libraries, which was easy enough to
fix by copying those from a previous installation
version.Where do I go to get authentic 32bit Builds of the
current v5 series?THANKS
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@doctorg Just to add if i may.
Peebee is a 32bit puppy maintainer and has 32bit builds of chromium running on ubuntu and slackware based pup linux systems.On one of my partitions i have one of his chromium builds which is the latest version running on one of them but it should be noted that it runs "as root" which is the puppy way as it is not a multi user operating system so i am kind of making people aware that 32bit latest chromium is possible but not running in the conventional manner as chromium always expects a multi-user environment..We call non root "spot" in puppy linux land.
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My Bad. Did you mean CANT get? Because the
Chromium core no longer builds on 32 LinuxI'm missing T too; will take a break for some and
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@kgdev5tc said in 32bit linux version.:
Did you mean CANT get? Because the
Chromium core no longer builds on 32 LinuxYes, i typed too fast and forgot the "not" - excuse me.
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@doctorg No worries
I came back to the forum to try to find my SSL
CA Trust management post, elsewhere, but cant
figure out how to find that.I'm off to read conventional listmail; forum UX'es
are just too much for me to Grok and manage.