I noticed there was an update available according to the panel's Update Manager icon. When I clicked on it the UM opened to show an orange
banner warning message across the top:
Please switch to another Linux Mint mirror
Your APT configuration is corrupt
I've been using LM for years and never seen a message like that one. I changed to another UK mirror and downloaded the update without problem.
If it happens again I'll try:
sudo apt update
and
sudo apt upgrade
as noted in this very recent thread at <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2784007&hilit=corrupt#p2784007>
On 5/21/26 8:20 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
I noticed there was an update available according to the panel's UpdateI had that several times a few month(s) ago. If I just did the check a 2nd time it
Manager icon. When I clicked on it the UM opened to show an orange
banner warning message across the top:
Please switch to another Linux Mint mirror
Your APT configuration is corrupt
I've been using LM for years and never seen a message like that one. I
changed to another UK mirror and downloaded the update without problem.
If it happens again I'll try:
sudo apt update
and
sudo apt upgrade
as noted in this very recent thread at
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2784007&hilit=corrupt#p2784007>
worked then. It would only do it one in 10-15 times. It's gone now.
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird, Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror.
Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror.
I think I would have a hard time just ignoring a msg like that.
I would hope that such as the entry at the forum
sudo apt update
... would solve the problem.
A different forum entry talks about a hacker problem at Ubuntu.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2781024#p2781024
My point is that given there can actually BE a problem w/ the repo
situation, ignoring an alert on the assumption that it is /simply/
*false* is not a good way to assume.
Mike Easter wrote:
A different forum entry talks about a hacker problem at Ubuntu.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2781024#p2781024
Well, that is about the Ubuntu repo. The warning message was about the
Mint repo.
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that dialog I selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
On 21/05/2026 17:16, Mike Easter wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror.
I think I would have a hard time just ignoring a msg like that.
I would hope that such as the entry at the forum
sudo apt update
... would solve the problem.
A different forum entry talks about a hacker problem at Ubuntu.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2781024#p2781024
Well, that is about the Ubuntu repo. The warning message was about the
Mint repo.
My point is that given there can actually BE a problem w/ the repo
situation, ignoring an alert on the assumption that it is /simply/
*false* is not a good way to assume.
Just got it again with another update (for libarchive). I've run the apt commands and changed the mirror again. It'll be interesting to see if
the warning reappears with the next update.
I noticed there was an update available according to the panel's Update Manager icon. When I clicked on it the UM opened to show an orange
banner warning message across the top:
Please switch to another Linux Mint mirror
Your APT configuration is corrupt
I've been using LM for years and never seen a message like that one. I changed to another UK mirror and downloaded the update without problem.
If it happens again I'll try:
sudo apt update
and
sudo apt upgrade
as noted in this very recent thread at
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2784007&hilit=corrupt#p2784007>
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that dialog I selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically
faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the problem immediately.
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that
dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically
faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not
download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the
problem immediately.
A different forum entry talks about a hacker problem at Ubuntu.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2781024#p2781024
On 21/05/2026 18:10, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 21/05/2026 17:16, Mike Easter wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror.
I think I would have a hard time just ignoring a msg like that.
I would hope that such as the entry at the forum
sudo apt update
... would solve the problem.
A different forum entry talks about a hacker problem at Ubuntu.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2781024#p2781024
Well, that is about the Ubuntu repo. The warning message was about the
Mint repo.
My point is that given there can actually BE a problem w/ the repo
situation, ignoring an alert on the assumption that it is /simply/
*false* is not a good way to assume.
Just got it again with another update (for libarchive). I've run the apt
commands and changed the mirror again. It'll be interesting to see if
the warning reappears with the next update.
It did reappear with a bind9 update. I've switched to the default to see
if that solves the issue.
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB >>>> was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that
dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically
faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not
download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the
problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today when
I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird, >>>>> Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB >>>>> was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that dialog I >>>> selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today when I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your APT configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried switching mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt update' but I still get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt full-upgrade' because I saw that command will affect the kernel. What can I do? thanks,
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird, >>>>> Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB >>>>> was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that
dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically
faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not
download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the
problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today when
I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your APT configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried switching mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt update' but I still
get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt full-upgrade' because I saw
that command will affect the kernel. What can I do? thanks,
On Mon, 5/25/2026 9:01 AM, Axel wrote:
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird, >>>>>> Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the mirror. TB >>>>>> was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without >>>>>> issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that dialog I >>>>> selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today when I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your APT configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried switching mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt update' but I still get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt full-upgrade' because I saw that command will affect the kernel. What can I do? thanks,
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/798342/update-manager-showing-please-switch-to-another-linux-mint-mirror-your-apt
"Solved it on my own. Happened to see an Information option in Update Manager,
which is kind of a log of entries containing error messages and all. There I
could see that this message was coming up repeatedly:
"flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (13: Permission denied)"
Doing some Googling on what should be the octal Permission value of
/var/lib/dpkg gave the suggestion of 755. But mine was set to 740. Upon
changing the permissions value using sudo chmod, the Update Manager finally
stopping giving the error of APT configuration being corrupt.
There's a new thread in the LM forum at <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2789748&hilit=update#p2789748> discussing the Update Manager "mirror warning".
That suggests the problem is with a Vivaldi update. The problem was
fixed by running:
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list.bak
in a terminal.
I've run it, but as I wasn't getting the warning after clicking on "OK"
in the warning and "Cancel" in the authentication box which then
appeared (see my reply to Axel), I'll try rebooting to see if it really
has cured the problem.
On 25/05/2026 14:01, Axel wrote:
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded Thunderbird, >>>>>> Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the
mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without >>>>>> issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot
tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that
dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a theoretically
faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates it would not
download anything at all. Switching back to the defaults solved the
problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today when
I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your APT
configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried switching
mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt update' but I still
get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt full-upgrade' because I saw
that command will affect the kernel. What can I do? thanks,
I'm getting it every time I open the Update Manager (whether there's
an update or not). Other than try what Paul suggests, you can just
ignore it, more-or-less. Just click on the "OK" at the at the end of
the warning line on the right, and when the "Authenticate" box
appears, just click on "Cancel".
That's it until the next time it appears.
On 25/05/2026 16:20, Paul wrote:
On Mon, 5/25/2026 9:01 AM, Axel wrote:
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded
Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the
mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without >>>>>>> issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot >>>>>>> tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that
dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a
theoretically faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates
it would not download anything at all. Switching back to the
defaults solved the problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today
when I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your APT
configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried
switching mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt update'
but I still get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt full-upgrade'
because I saw that command will affect the kernel. What can I do?
thanks,
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/798342/update-manager-showing-please-switch-to-another-linux-mint-mirror-your-apt
ÿÿÿ "Solved it on my own. Happened to see an Information option in
Update Manager,
ÿÿÿÿ which is kind of a log of entries containing error messages and
all. There I
ÿÿÿÿ could see that this message was coming up repeatedly:
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ "flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (13:
Permission denied)"
ÿÿÿÿ Doing some Googling on what should be the octal Permission value of
ÿÿÿÿ /var/lib/dpkg gave the suggestion of 755. But mine was set to
740. Upon
ÿÿÿÿ changing the permissions value using sudo chmod, the Update
Manager finally
ÿÿÿÿ stopping giving the error of APT configuration being corrupt.
Unfortunately that makes little sense to me. Checking in Nemo,
/var/lib/dpkg is a folder, not a file. There are thousands of files in /var/lib/dpkg and its subfolders.
There's a new thread in the LM forum at <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2789748&hilit=update#p2789748> discussing the Update Manager "mirror warning".
That suggests the problem is with a Vivaldi update. The problem was
fixed by running:
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list.bak
in a terminal.
I've run it, but as I wasn't getting the warning after clicking on
"OK" in the warning and "Cancel" in the authentication box which then appeared (see my reply to Axel), I'll try rebooting to see if it
really has cured the problem.
Jeff Layman wrote:
I'm getting it every time I open the Update Manager (whether there's
an update or not). Other than try what Paul suggests, you can just
ignore it, more-or-less. Just click on the "OK" at the at the end of
the warning line on the right, and when the "Authenticate" box
appears, just click on "Cancel".
and then it's safe to do the updates listed?
Jeff Layman wrote:
On 25/05/2026 16:20, Paul wrote:
On Mon, 5/25/2026 9:01 AM, Axel wrote:
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded
Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the
mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened without >>>>>>>> issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot >>>>>>>> tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In that >>>>>>> dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a
theoretically faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates
it would not download anything at all. Switching back to the
defaults solved the problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today
when I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your APT
configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried
switching mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt update'
but I still get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt full-upgrade'
because I saw that command will affect the kernel. What can I do?
thanks,
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/798342/update-manager-showing-please-switch-to-another-linux-mint-mirror-your-apt
ÿÿÿ "Solved it on my own. Happened to see an Information option in
Update Manager,
ÿÿÿÿ which is kind of a log of entries containing error messages and
all. There I
ÿÿÿÿ could see that this message was coming up repeatedly:
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ "flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (13:
Permission denied)"
ÿÿÿÿ Doing some Googling on what should be the octal Permission
value of
ÿÿÿÿ /var/lib/dpkg gave the suggestion of 755. But mine was set to
740. Upon
ÿÿÿÿ changing the permissions value using sudo chmod, the Update
Manager finally
ÿÿÿÿ stopping giving the error of APT configuration being corrupt.
Unfortunately that makes little sense to me. Checking in Nemo,
/var/lib/dpkg is a folder, not a file. There are thousands of files
in /var/lib/dpkg and its subfolders.
There's a new thread in the LM forum at
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2789748&hilit=update#p2789748>
discussing the Update Manager "mirror warning".
That suggests the problem is with a Vivaldi update. The problem was
fixed by running:
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list.bak
in a terminal.
I've run it, but as I wasn't getting the warning after clicking on
"OK" in the warning and "Cancel" in the authentication box which then
appeared (see my reply to Axel), I'll try rebooting to see if it
really has cured the problem.
so I uninstalled and purged Vivaldi-stable, don't use it anyway.
so I uninstalled and purged Vivaldi-stable, don't use it anyway.
I haven't had it since I did this :)
On 27/05/2026 02:40, Axel wrote:
so I uninstalled and purged Vivaldi-stable, don't use it anyway.
I haven't had it since I did this :)
OK, but it's a bit like scrapping your car because the battery's flat.
Have you tried reinstalling the latest version just to see what happens?
FWIW, I only use Vivaldi for those sites which don't like Firefox.
On Wed, 27 May 2026 17:44:59 +1000, Axel wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:I use Brave but are all the chromiumm based browsers sort of like some
On 27/05/2026 02:40, Axel wrote:no, I don't need it.
OK, but it's a bit like scrapping your car because the battery's flat.so I uninstalled and purged Vivaldi-stable, don't use it anyway.I haven't had it since I did this :)
Have you tried reinstalling the latest version just to see what
happens?
FWIW, I only use Vivaldi for those sites which don't like Firefox.I have Brave, Chromium, and even (shudder) M$ Edge as alternatives if
needed.
Linux distros -- a few custom tweaks but essentially the same?
iirc
Vivaldi was started by people who didn't like Opera's direction similar to the GNOME 2 DEs that came about from a dislike of GNOME 3.
It must have stung but when MS switched to chromium based Edge 2.0 from
the initial disaster of Edge 1.0 they finally had a working browser after
all those years.
Axel wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:
On 25/05/2026 16:20, Paul wrote:
On Mon, 5/25/2026 9:01 AM, Axel wrote:
Axel wrote:
Bob Henson wrote:
On 21/5/26 7:10 pm, rbowman wrote:
On Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:01 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
Just got the message again. I ignored it and downloaded
Thunderbird,
Firefox, and Mintsources apparently OK without changing the >>>>>>>>> mirror. TB
was updated from 140.10.0esr to 140.11.0esr and has opened
without
issue. I haven't tried reopening Fx yet. I'll wait until a reboot >>>>>>>>> tomorrow morning.
All I saw was 'Do you want to switch to a local mirror?' In
that dialog I
selected the fastest from the lists for Ubuntu and Mint.
That was what caused a problem here - I switched to a
theoretically faster local mirror and the next I ran the updates >>>>>>> it would not download anything at all. Switching back to the
defaults solved the problem immediately.
I got it this morning and the updates didn't happen. later today
when I tried again it was gone and the updates happened
I'm getting this message "Please switch to another mirror. Your
APT configuration is corrupt" with every update now. I have tried
switching mirrors, using the default mirrors, and 'sudo apt
update' but I still get it every time. I didn't run 'sudo apt
full-upgrade' because I saw that command will affect the kernel.
What can I do? thanks,
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/798342/update-manager-showing-please-switch-to-another-linux-mint-mirror-your-apt
ÿÿÿ "Solved it on my own. Happened to see an Information option in
Update Manager,
ÿÿÿÿ which is kind of a log of entries containing error messages
and all. There I
ÿÿÿÿ could see that this message was coming up repeatedly:
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ "flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (13:
Permission denied)"
ÿÿÿÿ Doing some Googling on what should be the octal Permission
value of
ÿÿÿÿ /var/lib/dpkg gave the suggestion of 755. But mine was set to
740. Upon
ÿÿÿÿ changing the permissions value using sudo chmod, the Update
Manager finally
ÿÿÿÿ stopping giving the error of APT configuration being corrupt.
Unfortunately that makes little sense to me. Checking in Nemo,
/var/lib/dpkg is a folder, not a file. There are thousands of files
in /var/lib/dpkg and its subfolders.
There's a new thread in the LM forum at
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2789748&hilit=update#p2789748>
discussing the Update Manager "mirror warning".
That suggests the problem is with a Vivaldi update. The problem was
fixed by running:
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list.bak
in a terminal.
I've run it, but as I wasn't getting the warning after clicking on
"OK" in the warning and "Cancel" in the authentication box which
then appeared (see my reply to Axel), I'll try rebooting to see if
it really has cured the problem.
so I uninstalled and purged Vivaldi-stable, don't use it anyway.
I haven't had it since I did this :)
rbowman wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2026 17:44:59 +1000, Axel wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:I use Brave but are all the chromiumm based browsers sort of like some
On 27/05/2026 02:40, Axel wrote:no, I don't need it.
OK, but it's a bit like scrapping your car because the battery's flat. >>>> Have you tried reinstalling the latest version just to see whatso I uninstalled and purged Vivaldi-stable, don't use it anyway.I haven't had it since I did this :)
happens?
FWIW, I only use Vivaldi for those sites which don't like Firefox.I have Brave, Chromium, and even (shudder) M$ Edge as alternatives if
needed.
Linux distros -- a few custom tweaks but essentially the same?
probably, to a greater or lesser extent. I also have Helium, which I like
google AI says..
Helium is an excellent, privacy-focused open-source browser if you want a lightning-fast, stripped-down Chromium experience without bloatware, AI clutter, or cryptocurrency pushes. However, because it is in an early, active development phase, it lacks some convenience features like cloud syncing and DRM support.
The Good
Zero Bloat: Completely free of AI features, crypto-rewards, sponsored feeds, and intrusive update prompts.
Built-in Ad Blocking: Ships with the full, unrestricted version of uBlock Origin active by default.
Superior Speed: Based on ungoogled Chromium, it has a snappy, minimal footprint and offers a slimmer interface that saves screen space.
Chromium Compatibility: Runs all Chrome extensions safely while proxying store downloads so Google cannot track you.
The Drawbacks
No Cloud Sync: You cannot sync bookmarks, history, or passwords across devices.
No DRM Support: You cannot natively stream DRM-protected content on sites like Netflix or Spotify.
Manual Maintenance: It currently lacks automatic updates, meaning you may have to download and install new versions yourself.
Helium is ideal for minimalist users and privacy nerds who browse locally on a single machine. If you rely heavily on cloud syncing or streaming services, you will be better off keeping a secondary browser. To check it out and see if it fits your workflow, download it directly from the Helium Browser site.
iirc
Vivaldi was started by people who didn't like Opera's direction similar to >> the GNOME 2 DEs that came about from a dislike of GNOME 3.
It must have stung but when MS switched to chromium based Edge 2.0 from
the initial disaster of Edge 1.0 they finally had a working browser after
all those years.
On Sat, 30 May 2026 08:04:33 +1000, Axel wrote:
The Drawbacks No Cloud Sync: You cannot sync bookmarks, history, orThat's a feature, not a drawback. I don't care about history and I'm fine with exporting/importing passwords and bookmarks using local files.
passwords across devices.
On Sat, 30 May 2026 14:57:31 +1000, Axel wrote:
rbowman wrote:I use LibreWolf for a Mozilla derivative that's as good as Brave. As
On Sat, 30 May 2026 08:04:33 +1000, Axel wrote:yes, I never use sync on Firefox
The Drawbacks No Cloud Sync: You cannot sync bookmarks, history, orThat's a feature, not a drawback. I don't care about history and I'm
passwords across devices.
fine with exporting/importing passwords and bookmarks using local
files.
Mozilla buys into AI with a passion LibreWolf leaves that out, along with
the sync feature.
also, another Linux PC that doesn't have Vivaldi installed never got the >warning, so that seems to confirm that Vivaldi was the culprit
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