Karlston Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Microsoft finally brings its Chromium-based Edge in preview form to Linux Microsoft today announced that Edge is finally available for download on Linux. The Dev channel version of the Chromium-based browser makes it to the platform almost a year after the official announcement and as promised last month. The Redmond giant says that the release supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE distributions. The browser will be updated weekly, just like the Dev channel builds on other platforms. The company has also posted instructions for the process of installing the packages on various distributions using their standard package management tools, for those interested. However, the easier way is to download and install the .deb or .rpm packages from the Insider website here. As for features, the company is “aiming to provide a representative experience for developers who want to build and test their sites and apps on Linux”. The preview release for Linux currently does not feature many user-facing features such as support for signing into Microsoft accounts – which means that there will be no sync capabilities. However, the company does promise to release these features with a future update. Considering that the release is still in early development, the firm cautions that there will be many “bugs and unexpected behaviors“ and urges developers to send feedback through the browser. Lastly, the company is also accepting submissions for the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program on Linux for security researchers. With the addition of support for Linux, the Redmond firms offering is now present on all platforms that support Chromium. Microsoft finally brings its Chromium-based Edge in preview form to Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 People On Linux are saying it the fastest browser on Linux already for watching YouTube and its still just Dev no sync just you can install extensions. But this info from someone who never tired brave , edge://surf is now available. This is a huge step forward in Linux gaming. That from Ubuntu fanboy site Linux fanboys on reddit.com sing a different song about M$ About it being used for web development it dont see to be any more useful than using stock chromium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintas Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 It's fast, it works very well, better than i expected. I will not be using it for now, just because the sync isn't working, but i'll come back to it when it is. Love this browser on Windows, and i'll welcome it on Linux. Now.... bring Office to Linux and i'll forgive you for all the BS i've put up over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, pintas said: It's fast, it works very well, better than i expected. I will not be using it for now, just because the sync isn't working, but i'll come back to it when it is. Love this browser on Windows, and i'll welcome it on Linux. Now.... bring Office to Linux and i'll forgive you for all the BS i've put up over the years. whats the point it dont work for 4k and it is chromium so its no benefit to web developers only it would be if they still had there old browser engine . All chromium is the same .EG: the Google wide web . I already have ungoogled chromium i bet its no faster than it ,also i have brave , waterfox and Firefox and mostly i just use Firefox because once you open a bunch of tabs Firefox is faster for me vs Chromium I got 9 tabs open right now.. Chrome never reached the speed of Firefox for workflow with many open tabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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