Tags/Gnome Web on paapereira.xyzhttps://paapereira.xyz/tags/gnome-web/Recent content in Tags/Gnome Web on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:27:08 +0000Using Epiphany to create applications from webpageshttps://paapereira.xyz/posts/2021/03/webpages-as-applications/Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:27:08 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2021/03/webpages-as-applications/<p>Using <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Web">Gnome Web</a> (aka Epiphany), your can create &lsquo;applications&rsquo; from webpages.</p> <p>Using Plex as an example, this means that you can &lsquo;install&rsquo; Plex from <a href="https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/">https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/</a>.</p> <p>First, install <code>epiphany</code> and enable hardware acceleration.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>paru -S epiphany gstreamer </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2</span><span>gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/ hardware-acceleration-policy <span style="color:#e6db74">&#39;always&#39;</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Open <code>epiphany</code> and go to <a href="https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/">https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/</a>.</p> <p>&ldquo;Install&rdquo; as an application.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2021/2021-03-20-webpages-as-applications/webpages-as-applications.png" alt="webpages-as-applications"></p> <p>Plex will appear as an app.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2021/2021-03-20-webpages-as-applications/plex.png" alt="plex"></p>