How can I add a web browser to LibreELEC? I have done web searches on this question but the answers seem to be all over the map and inconclusive as to whether it is possible at all. Can someone help me here?
How can I add a web browser to LibreELEC?
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MrDLP -
April 14, 2024 at 4:53 AM -
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It is supported on Generic-legacy with chrome. No other architectures use X11 anymore which is one of the requirements.
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what is Generic-legacy?
It's a variant of our Generic branch for X86 hardware. Download here.
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That worked. Thank you!
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Are there any plans in the future to replace X11 with a more up to date window system?
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Are there any plans in the future to replace X11 with a more up to date window system?
No.
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Are there any plans in the future to replace X11 with a more up to date window system?
Wayland is the only choice out there, but since it doesn't support dynamic refresh rate switching it's not an option. Hence we already moved towards GBM with no Windowing environment. It should be possible to compile the Ozone (Chromium on GBM) browser for LE, but it's probably a large work.
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Just out of curiosity would it have to be Chrome? Possibly a light weight plain jane browser? Having access to a web browser makes LE a very special and useful system IMHO. Just some thoughts here.
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Just out of curiosity would it have to be Chrome? Possibly a light weight plain jane browser? Having access to a web browser makes LE a very special and useful system IMHO. Just some thoughts here.
you can watch only youtube home page complaining about search history in links/lynx
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Just out of curiosity would it have to be Chrome? Possibly a light weight plain jane browser?
It has to run under GBM, and so far the only one I heard of is Ozone, which is Chrome derived.
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It sounds like a really large project to tackle. Perhaps with the performance enhancements of the RPi5 someone will take interest and get a ball rolling.
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Ozone isn't new, it's been around for some years already and nobody took the bait, so I wouldn't hold breath.
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It could be interesting to see just what percentage of LE and or Kodi users would be interested in support for dedicated web browser addon. Just thinking out loud here.
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If you ask or solicit opinions you will find a huge number of people who want it, a moderate number who offer to be "testers" for it, and nobody who's prepared to roll up their sleeves and do the actual work. Features like a browser are not wished into existence.
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A modern web browser is a media player on its own. So it goes to a wrong direction on LE. If one needs Kodi and a web browser, install a regular OS like Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS.
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Points taken.
