Ubuntu Microsoft Edge

Posted on 30-04-2021 by admin

Nov 17, 2020 Running Microsoft Edge in Ubuntu There are two ways to install Microsoft Edge on Linux. Download.deb or.rpm file from Microsoft Edge Inside site. Use the distribution package manager. Installing Edge browser on Ubuntu is a pretty straightforward process. We’ll enable the Microsoft Edge repository from the command-line and install the package with apt. Update the packages index and install the dependencies by running the following command as a user with sudo privileges. So, bringing Edge over to Linux isn't anything as difficult as, say, bringing on-premise Microsoft Office to Linux. Now, the first beta of Edge on Linux is here. The new release comes ready to run. Published a tutorial about installing Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu and Linux Mint.How to Install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 20.04+ Learn how to install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and related distributions.

Microsoft Edge is coming to Linux desktops, it has been confirmed.

News that a Linux port of the Chromium-based Edge browser won’t be a massive surprise to Linux users given that Microsoft developers have teased the possibility several times before.

Microsoft has gone from describing Edge for Linux as “something we’d like to do” to something that said would happen “eventually”. They then launched a survey to scope out feedback on the idea from existing Linux users.

And now: Edge for Linux is official.

Announced during its “State of the Browser” session (around the 8min 24 mark) at the Ignite conference in Orlando, USA, Microsoft say Edge for Linux will be released sometime in 2020.

Update: Microsoft Edge for Linux is coming in October

Precisely when? Well, that’s as-yet unknown. Edge for macOS and Windows 10 went stable on January 15th, 2020 but the official Edge development website lists the Linux port as “coming soon”.

That said, it may be closer than you think. Microsoft Edge for Linux was spotted during May’s Build 2020 event.

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When Microsoft announced it was rebuilding its Edge browser on top of Chromium the chance of a native Linux port increased substantially, due to the cross-platform nature of the codebase it now uses.

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A crop of Chromium based web browsers already support Linux, including Google Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera, Yandex (Russia) and SRWare Iron.

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But Microsoft isn’t just taking Chromium and slapping a new logo on it; it’s also getting involved. Microsoft Edge is an active and contributing member to the Chromium open source project (ergo work done for Edge can, in turn, benefit other browsers, including ones you might want to use).