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How to convert any website into a desktop application on Linux Mint? I believe many inexperienced people don't know what to do about it. Therefore, this article summarizes the causes and solutions of the problem. Through this article, I hope you can solve this problem.

Imagine that you are busy with a task and need to open more than 20 pages in your browser, most of which are work-related.

Others are YouTube or other music streaming sites.

After completing the task, you need to close the browser, but this will shut down all pages, including work-related and music-related pages.

Then you need to open these pages again and log in to your account to get back to the original progress.

It looks frustrating, doesn't it? Linux Mint understands your troubles, so here's a new project to help you deal with them.

In a recent article, the Linux Mint team revealed that a new tool called "Web Application Manager Web App Manager" was being developed.

This tool allows you to run your favorite web pages in a separate window as if you were using a desktop program.

When you add a web page as a web application, you can give the program a name and add an icon. You can also add it to different categories to search for the application in the menu. You can also specify which browser to use to open the application. There are also options to enable / disable the navigation bar.

Add a web application to Linux Mint

For example, add YouTube as a web application:

Web applications in Linux Mint

Running the YouTube program opens a separate page through the browser you are using.

YouTube web application

Web applications have most of the features of regular desktop applications, such as using Alt+Tab switching.

Use Alt+Tab to switch web applications

You can even dock the application to the panel / taskbar for easy opening.

YouTube web application added to the panel

The manager is currently in the beta development phase, but it is relatively stable to use. However, it has not been released to the public yet, because the translation work has not yet been completed.

If you are using Linux Mint and want to try this tool, download the beta version of the deb file below:

Download the beta version

Benefits of web applications

Some readers have asked about the benefits of this web application manager over other similar features already available in Chrome and other web browsers. Let me expand on this topic.

You can use a specific part of URL (example.com/tool instead of example.com) as your application.

The possibility of adding custom icons is convenient for sites that don't have a clear favicon.

You can use a lightweight browser without any extensions to open a web application instead of a regular web browser like Chrome/Chromium. It should be faster.

Your web application can be integrated into the application menu. You can search for it like any other application.

Web applications are nothing new in the Linux of the desktop environment

Web applications were not created by Linux Mint, but existed about 10 years ago.

You may recall that Ubuntu added web applications to Unity desktops in 2013-14.

PeppermintOS, a lightweight Linux distribution, has made ICE (web application tool) one of its main features since 2010. In fact, Linux Mint's web application manager is also based on ICE.

I personally like web applications because they are useful.

After reading the above, have you learned how to turn any website into a desktop application on Linux Mint? If you want to learn more skills or want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel, thank you for reading!

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