I am looking for Epiphany in the Software Centre, but I cannot find. Is it gone?

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brent yeah flatpak is available and it is updated often.

@evert looks like flatpak is your only option 🙁

      evert
      FYI: missed it so much I went and got it from flatpak. This browser seems to have less customization and lacks the looks, rendering, and elegance of the Solus-curated version. It's hard to describe. I'm not prone to hallucination, but I believe the deprecated solus package and flatpak package are noticeably different.
      (If this belief turns out to be factually untrue then I'll really eat my hat..)

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          brent epiphany is so minimal that it cannot be called a 'privacy respecting browser'. When i first tried it on Solus in Early April(it was in the repos at that time), i liked the minimalism but it does not provide flexibility.....like you cannot customize its looks,you cannot add extensions etc. It, however includes a whopping 3rd party ad blocker, 'a privacy respecting google safe browsing' feature and webkit's standard tracker blocker.

          i think you might find the following interesting:

          the author of the above article says that gnome devs arent aware of eyeo's bad intentions. very true.

              evert @brent [deleted] The only "strange" thing is that, thru Flatpak, Epiphany got the default theme of GNOME, no matter the one you use. But it works yes.

                    [deleted] good info, thanks, but I know its light-light. Adblock and google safe search can be disabled in settings....leaving you unprotected. I really don't think the Flatpak is a daily driver like the Solus edition. Appreciate this extra info. Deal breaker for sure.
                    DansLeRuSH Theming awful now. Plus a couple more differences from solus repo version but it must be an updated version--been 6 months since I last used if fulltime. Thanks for the info.

                        As an alternative to Gnome Web, I would suggest Eolie. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Eolie
                        But I do not know to which extent it packs non-libre technologies. As noted by the integration of the Adblock-plus code, and G Safe Browsing feature.
                        Still not available on the Solus repos however.