PureOS repo of Gnome Web (Epiphany) update forthcoming?

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What is the value of $XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable? Does it include paths for flatpaks installed globally and for flatpaks installed per user before the host system paths, where the system version of epiphany is installed?

$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
/usr/share/librem5:/usr/share/librem5:/home/purism/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
$ ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep Epiphany
org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop

You could also add a custom path to $XDG_DATA_DIRS, for example /home/purism/.local/share/, and choose which .desktop files to add to application directory there if you do not want all flatpak applications to have precedence.

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Wow really? Where did you read that?

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Is there any reason that a person cannot just flatpak Epiphany and hide the default epiphany if it is so out of date? This could explain the box typing problem I have been having in the browser windows.

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The flatpak and portal packages are also outdated. They cause issues with the flatpak applications. Some of the issues are not apparent at first glance. The host system is so outdated that, even when flatpak helps with some things, it breaks others.

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Trying to break free of android and windows is difficult.

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If you want suggestions on severing Big Tech dependencies, let me know.

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I’m listening/reading.

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