What's the default browser on the Librem 5?

[Open]

Is it any good?

A Google search found many users want Firefox as an alternative. But that’s a different topic. I haven’t really found info regarding the default apps.

[fsflover]

It seems to be Purebrowser (based on Epiphany): https://puri.sm/posts/an-epiphany-regarding-purebrowser/.

However, according to the user voting, Firefox is more important to everyone: https://puri.sm/fund-your-app/.

[Freedom_Right]

The default browser in PureOS is Gnome Web.
You can see a very nice documentation about Web application on Librem 5 in the official User Documentation.
The list of all default apps for PureOS is in the PureOS wiki.
Since last August they periodically update these two lists in the Wiki:

• Mobile-optimized apps
• Mobile-optimized apps from 3rd party repos

They were just updated today and I’m very happy about the progress of the development!

[joao.azevedo]

Yes the default browser is GNOME Web, firefox-esr is also available and there is a package to apply some optimizations to firefox-esr so it fits better on a mobile screen.

[Barugon]

Does GNOME Web use GPU rendering yet? I really like that browser but it needs faster rendering on devices.

[Open]

@Freedom_Right

You can see a very nice documentation about Web application on Librem 5 in the official User Documentation .
The list of all default apps for PureOS is in the PureOS wiki .

Lots of fine apps for a desktop OS. But quite a few core ones are missing for the purposes what I’d use a mobile device over a desktop at all. That’s just my use case. But that would be a separate discussion. Probably we already have a discussion like this on the forum, can you help me finding it?

I'm too cheap for Librem 5 at $750

I know LineageOS on an Android phone certainly isn’t as free as a Librem 5 or even a PinePhone and postmarketOS is quite beta on Android phones. It may work better on a PinePhone but you can run quite a few operating systems on a PinePhone, if that’s your thing. My thing is photography. To some extent. The Librem 5 costs $750 and the PinePhone costs $150. The average of those two prices is $450, still a little more I want to spend on a phone. Closer to my price range at $350 you can get the Goo…

Maybe another one?

In other news I find it a bit confusing that Purism’s smartphone documentation is split between two separate and different looking web resources.

[fsflover]

@Open

Lots of fine apps for a desktop OS. But quite a few core ones are missing for the purposes what I’d use a mobile device over a desktop at all. That’s just my use case. But that would be a separate discussion. Probably we already have a discussion like this on the forum, can you help me finding it?

https://puri.sm/fund-your-app/

Fund a Librem 5 app how does it work?

Hi- I wanted to fund an app or two - but when i come to paying there is a statement of my two apps i wanted to fund with $0 charge and then it say FYA donation $xxx What is this FYA??

[amosbatto]

@Barugon

Does GNOME Web use GPU rendering yet?

Yes, hardware acceleration was just added to GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) on the Librem 5. See the FAQ.

[joao.azevedo]

@Barugon

Does GNOME Web use GPU rendering yet?

yes, forgot about this

It is hard to keep track of all developments

[Barugon]

@joao.azevedo

yes, forgot about this

It is hard to keep track of all developments

I really like GNOME Web. It’s easier to use than Firefox but it’s rendering performance suffered. I’m super excited to finally get the L5.

[reC]

also see > https://mpv.io/manual/master/

and search for ‘hardware decod’ to read up on how/why this might influence video-play-back on the L5 in case you dl your AV-material separately (i.e not with the browser) …

[carlosgonz]

It seems that the default browser engine of the Librem 5 (Ephipany) also got hardware-accelerated video. WebKitGTK 2.32.0 still not yet shipped to Byzantium. At the moment this browser already working really good!.

New Post: Librem 5 News Summary: March 2021

[Note: This thread is intended to be a discussion thread for topics covered in the blog post. Please keep comments on topic. Any questions about a specific product order should be directed to support@puri.sm. Any questions about topics not covered in this blog post should go in their own new discussion thread.] Progress on Many Fronts We continued to ship Librem 5s throughout March all according to plan and also continue to hunt down CPUs. As we get more hardware confirmed we will contact the n…

https://webkitgtk.org/2021/03/26/webkitgtk2.32.0-released.html
@dos @joao.azevedo

[amarok]

The L5 comes with GNOME Web pre-installed, but Firefox-ESR is also available in the software store, and works well, too. You can set either browser as your default.