Oslo, NORWAY — (press release excerpt) — Opera Software today released a Beta version of Opera 4.0 for Linux, bringing the best browser alternative for Linux one step closer to a final release. Bringing the browser from Technical Preview, to Beta, means that the Internet community now have the opportunity to interact and assist Opera in providing Linux users with the best possible Internet experience.

Opera for Linux 4.0 has the following features:

• Support for plug-ins
  
• 128 bit encryption
  
• TLS 1.0
  
• SSL 2/3
  
• CSS1 and 2
  
• XML
  
• HTML 4.0
  
• HTTP 1.1
  
• ECMAScript
  
• JavaScript 1.3.
  
• WML

The Opera browser has received international recognition from end-users and the industry press for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera's small size, low resource consumption and support for standards positions it as a major contender in the rapidly expanding Internet device market.

Opera has until now been known as “the third browser” on Windows. It has achieved this position with limited expenditures on marketing, only relying on enthusiastic users and journalists spreading the word.

Where can I get it?

• View a screenshot here.

• Read more about it here.

• Download the beta version here.

 
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