So, Vivaldi *does* have arm64 packages for Linux! Both RPM and Deb. Unfortunately the arm device I want to install it on is r…

So, Vivaldi does have arm64 packages for Linux! Both RPM and Deb. Unfortunately the arm device I want to install it on is running Arch, and the Arch packages only know about x86_64.

But it looks like the Arch packages download the RPM and repackage it, which means I can probably download the PKG BUILD file, swap in the relevant architecture, and install however many prerequisites I need, and it should build an Arch package with the arm64 version of Vivaldi. (I did something similar with a Network Manager app, though that was building from source.)

It’s like the bad old days of Linux when even getting stuff to run on x86 hardware was kinda dicey.

I don’t miss it.

#linux #archlinux #vivaldi #arm64

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And this is why I’m finally replacing Chrome with Vivaldi as my backup mobile …

And this is why I’m finally replacing Chrome with Vivaldi as my backup mobile browser. (Currently using Firefox as primary on both desktop & mobile, already using Vivaldi as secondary on desktop, which is why I started there for the mobile replacement.)

#privacy #google #vivaldi #chrome #GoogleTopics #adware #tracking #SurveillanceCapitalism

https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/

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