Suse to distribute Opera

[Brett_Tabke]

Opera's first major Linux distribution deal:
[opera.com...]

Another deal with Mandrake will follow:

[pcworld.com...]

Also, Opera said Germany's SuSE Linux AG will distribute Opera's Linux Web browser with its SuSE Linux 8.0 desktop software. Opera unveiled the news in one of a flurry of announcements this week as part of its "Linux Bonanza" publicity campaign.

A similar bundling deal will soon be announced for MandrakeSoft's Mandrake Linux, and talks with other Linux vendors are ongoing, said Dean Kakridas, vice president of desktop products at Opera.

[EliteWeb]

Congradulations to Opera for the distro with some of the best linux os's. will it take the place of netscape if it ever existed on the installs?

[littleman]

Hey that's cool. The *nix version of Opera has been improving over the last year nicely.

>will it take the place of netscape if it ever existed on the installs?

I doubt it, I am sure it will be one of many browsers these distros will offer. The browser war is a lot more interesting on the *nix side.

[papabaer]

The list goes on... does anyone feel the momentum building?

What I find just as interesting, perhaps even more, is Opera's incursion into the Asian market.

Redflag Software Technologies Co., Ltd and Opera Software today announced a strategic announcement, and are looking forward to working together on embedded browser solutions for the Chinese market.

Somehow I thing the impetus for Opera adoption will be virulent. Or not... It could go either way, though I suspect the reasons for Opera implemetation will be apparent.