Vivaldi Technologies informs Softpedia today on the availability of their Chromium-based Vivaldi web browser for ARM-based devices, including the popular Raspberry Pi.

The company surprised us today with the initial build of Vivaldi for Raspberry Pi single-board computers, supported officially on Raspberry Pi 2, Raspberry Pi 3, and Raspberry Pi Zero, as well as ASUS Tinker Board, CubieBoard, and several other SBCs that can run a Linux-based operating system.

"We are excited to unveil Vivaldi for the popular development board Raspberry Pi and other Linux based ARM devices. Enthusiastic Raspberry Pi users who are looking for a more feature-rich and flexible browser, will find Vivaldi a thrilling experience," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO at Vivaldi Technologies.

A browser for DIY fans using Raspberry Pi devices

Vivaldi Technologies said that they decided to create a build for ARM devices specifically for Vivaldi offers a range of features and customizations for DIY (Do It Yourself) fans using single-board devices like the Raspberry Pi, offering them all the tools to optimize their web browsing experience for maximum productivity.

Vivaldi for Raspberry Pi will let you optimize various settings that'll boost the overall performance of your device by reducing resource usage, turning off animated GIFs, or switching to the advanced Reader View for a clutter-free reading environment. In addition, there's tab grouping, note taking, and screenshot capturing.

Those who want to give the Vivaldi web browser a try on their Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based device running a GNU/Linux distribution can download the Vivaldi for Linux ARM binary right now from our website. Please note that, for now, Vivaldi for ARM is distributed as a DEB file for Debian/Ubuntu-based distros.

Vivaldi's Ruarí Ødegaard informs us that Vivaldi Technologies also put up a contest for those who will try Vivaldi on their Raspberry Pi computers, and all you have to do to win is to share the plans for your next Raspberry Pi project in a comment on the blog announcement.

You can win a Raspberry Pi Model 3 single-board computer, a custom case, a power supply with international adapters, a 16GB micro-SD card with Vivaldi preinstalled, as well as Vivaldi swag, stickers and other goodies. The most "crazy" ideas will win, of course, so make sure you think of something out of the ordinary.

Vivaldi is based on the open-source Chromium web browser and it's also available for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The latest stable version, Vivaldi 1.13, is available for download for 64-bit and 32-bit architectures also from our websites. At the moment, Vivaldi Technologies works on the next major release, Vivialdi 1.14, which will finally bring the long-anticipated Sync functionality.