Opera 12.13 for Linux Officially Released, Gets New Update Checker

Opera, an Internet browser developed by Opera Software that provides support for RSS feeds, BitTorrent, IRC chatting, contact management, and many other features, is now at version 12.13.

The developers from Opera Software have rapidly gone through a few development versions and have pushed the final version of Opera 12.13 for release.

Highlights of Opera 12.13:

• An issue where Opera gets internal communication errors on Facebook has been corrected;
• An issue where images will not load after back navigation, when a site uses the HTML5 history API (deviantart.com), has been corrected;
• An issue where no webpages loaded on startup, if Opera is disconnected from the Internet, has been fixed;
• A new stand-alone update-checker, as part of a planned upgrade of the auto-update system, has been implemented;
• Improved protection against hijacking of the default search, including a one-time reset, has been implemented.

Check out the changelog for a complete list of updates and bug fixes.

Download Opera 12.13 right now from Softpedia.