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Right - we have "UNIX" builds for desktop Opera.

And even though it isn't a really correct label for this family of builds, it means builds for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, for the Intel, the PowerPC and the Sparc architecture, for 32-bit and for 64-bit architectures, each one in several builds, and each build in several packages. In short: a jungle.

Additionally, there have been some new builds in Kestrel Alpha 1.

So which exactly is the package you need to fetch? This depends on the operating system, the OS version, the architecture, etc. Let me provide you with a short summary on which build is exactly what.


Linux
intel-linux

• .1 static - qt3 static build, gcc 2.95
  
• .5 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 3
  
• .6 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
  
• .9 static - qt4 static build, gcc 4
  

There is an experimental .10 build at the moment, which is a qt3 static build, gcc 4.

ppc-linux

• .1 static - qt3 static build, gcc 2.95
  
• .3 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 3
  
• .6 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
  

sparc-linux

• .1 static - qt3 static build, gcc 2.95
  
• .2 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 2.95
  

x86_64-linux

• .2 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
  

FreeBSD
intel-freebsd

• .1 static - qt3 static build, FreeBSD 4
  
• .5 static - qt3 static build, FreeBSD 5
  
• .3 shared - qt3 shared build, FreeBSD 5
  
• .4 shared - qt3 shared build, FreeBSD 6
  
• .7 shared - qt3 shared build, FreeBSD 7
  

amd64-freebsd

• .1 shared - qt3 shared build, FreeBSD 6
  

Solaris
intel-solaris

• .1 static - qt3 static build, Solaris 10
  

sparc-solaris

• .1 static - qt3 static build, Solaris 8
  
• .2 shared - qt3 shared build, Solaris 8
  

Note that the Solaris 8 builds will also work on higher versions of Solaris.


So what?

On Linux there is the additional complication to understand which build you'll need for which version of your distro. It would be far too long to give a full overview on that, but here are some hints for some major distros:

You'll need the Linux .6 build for:

• Debian Etch, Sid and Lenny
  
• Ubuntu Edgy and Feisty
  
• Fedora Core 5, 6 and 7
  
• openSUSE 10.x
  
• Slackware 11.0 and 12.0
  

You'll need the Linux .5 build for:

• Debian Sarge
  
• Linspire 5.0 and 5.1
  
• Skolelinux 2.0
  
• Xandros
  

I'll assume that FreeBSD and Solaris users are smart enough to figure out which builds they need for their OS version

HtH

Things are now slowly falling into place - into the right place - and Kestrel is really getting closer.

A while ago Chaals blogged about the work on accessibility and the regained screen reader support in the upcoming 9.5 release, David has mentioned SVG improvements and upcoming CSS3 support, I myself have posted about improvements to the default handlers for MIME types on UNIX…

…and now Tarquin updated his Javascript tutorial: there will be some significant changes both in how Kestrel will handle window size and capture DOM events. Please take your time to review your web application - while you patiently wait for a public build (yes, it will come, don't worry) - the upcoming changes are important. Oh, and what has been already mentioned is but a small part of what is coming up