Post #2853283

2026-05-15 12:51 UTC

@jon@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net On your website, I find only a *.deb to download. Do you also offer a Debian repository or flatpak? Note: Snap is the reason I don't use Ubuntu any more. I'm not interested in Snap.

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@sebastian@mastodon.sebfox.net 2026-05-15 13:05

@jon@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net If you're serious about avoiding AI, you should provide a flatpak instead of a snap. Ubuntu just announced, it will enforce so-called "AI" on its users.

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@lp0_on_fire@social.linux.pizza 2026-05-15 13:52

@Sebastian@Pertsch.social, there is one: the postinst script in the .deb will automatically add the repository (and the signing key) for you. The names of the files added by that script depend on exactly which build you're using, but will look like /etc/apt/sources.list/vivaldi*.list and /usr/share/keyrings/vivaldi*.gpg. (I found it surprising that it does this. It's something which should be done by local admin or by a tool such as extrepo, though it is definitely useful as an automatic update mechanism should the details change.) @jon@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net, have you considered extrepo for handling adding/removing the repository info?

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