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ingolftopf

@GreatGazoo215
Hello,
Welcome to the 'Vivaldiverse'!

Thank you for your nice, detailed introduction.

Very nice that you have decided in favour of Linux.
The book 'Linux for Dummies' is very good.
Maybe you have it from your library, you will find more interesting Linux books there.

You've come to the right place with Linux here at Vivaldi.
Vivaldi was developed for Linux from the very beginning, before the old 'Opera'.
And Linux is much more simply designed and developed than Windows.
Don't be shocked by the 'terminal', the console.
All large, well-known Linux distributions can now be operated completely without 'Terminal' commands.
There are graphical user interfaces for everything in the distributions today.

Only when you start to enjoy it, go for it.
Then you will realise that it simplifies many things.
However, it is no longer necessary to use the 'terminal'.

ingolftopf

@GreatGazoo215
Now that you can create your own signature, you can enter which Linux distributions you use and which device you have.
This can be useful for helpers here when troubleshooting.

There is also an extra Linux section here:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/category/31/gnu-linux

And now have fun here and maybe also on Vivaldi's 'Mastodon'
social.vivaldi.net

GreatGazoo215

@ingolftopf Thank you so much for the welcome I appreciate it more then you know and I'm just excited about learning again something that is completely new to me it just feels good . I have never been one to listen to someone say you cant do that or your to old to understand that but man I had to laugh with people telling me you check your email since gmail was started and that's it now you think you can learn and understand Gnu/linux so being welcomed made my day thanks again

Catweazle

@GreatGazoo215, Hi, I have already passed 70 and, without being a great expert in complicated programming, Linux and related things, I can handle myself quite well. In the past I also used Linux, along with Windows, which in the near future is also going to be the case when Windows 10 is killed by MS.

In any case I can say that I didn't have a big problem handling Linux from the beginning, OK, the management of files and executables is somewhat different, but apart from this there aren't that many differences in day-to-day management, especially when the activity is mainly online, where the Operating system is quite irrelevant, only the browser environment counts, and this is always the same.

Experiment a little with Vivaldi (don't be afraid, it's all resettable) and I'm sure you'll quickly get the hang of it, for any questions and problems about it, we're here to help.

Enjoy

ingolftopf

@Catweazle
It's great that you're linking in here too.

It just fits.

GreatGazoo215

@Catweazle Thanks and reading that made me smile and I'm a do just that experiment , trial and error and asking questions

GreatGazoo215

@ingolftopf I agree and you guys being so friendly and just positive vibes made this first hello easy

Ayespy

@Catweazle In your 70's? Me, too! Astonishing that I'm more technically advanced, without even trying, than most people half my age. I took classes in Fortran and Cobol in high school. Then back in the day, to use personal computers, you kind of had to be able to understand them. Now, there are at least two more generations of people who use them all day every day, and have NO IDEA what's going on on the other side of the keyboard.

Ayespy

@GreatGazoo215 Welcome aboard!

Catweazle

@Ayespy, that is the point, we grow up with PC without graphic interface, needed at least to create batch files, juggle ANSI and have at least some basics in Basic, Pascal and things like that, to be able to use this PC for something. Today all this isn't not longer needed and after 30 Years i've forgotten a lot, but at least I understand more or less how this thing work.

GreatGazoo215

@ingolftopf
Thanks for guiding me to the Linux section . I have a feeling its going to be a huge help and now a quite Sunday morning figuring out the signature

GreatGazoo215

@Ayespy Loved reading this it might sound a little dorky but its the little things like that and when I figure out I did something right I get this rush of ok what's next lol I mean this whole weekend been a GNU/Linux get started weekend (books to the left , YouTube on second monitor and trial and error Infront of me just having a blast ) So just saying thanks for the post its appreciated !!!

GreatGazoo215

@Ayespy Thank you very much and very glad to be here

OldPaul

VIVALDI is NOT listed as a supported browser for Option Alpha.
See https://optionalpha.com/help/supported-browsers.
As a daily user of Option Alpha on VIVALDI, I have encountered no issues.
I would love to see VIVALDI listed as a supported browser for Option Alpha.
Can you make that happen?

Zalex108

@OldPaul

Hi,
This topic is not the place for that.

Open a Feature Request instead.

Catweazle

@OldPaul, it's basicly irrelevant if Vivaldi is in the list or not (it's still a marginal browser), mencioned in the page, apart of the "official" browsers also those based in Chromiumbecause of the support of Java script. Even Firefox is listed as not official supported in the page, made for Blink and his grandpa WebKit (Safari). Webpages see Vivaldi as Chrome or Chromium, because of this no problems to use this page (with an obviously outdated Webmaster)

OldPaul

I am not requesting a change to VIVALDI. I am requesting that someone from VIVALDI get with someone at Option Alpha to get VIVALDI listed on Option Alpha as a supported browser.

OldPaul

You are rude. I'm outta here!

Catweazle

@OldPaul, I think that won't happen, In cases of this type, a user request to the administrator of this page will have more success than a request from a browser company that runs this page among other chromiums.