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Microsoft Edge Is Coming to Linux in October 2020
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoWhich just means Chromium but with Microsoft’s telemetry, correct?
- java-man 6y agoand more reboots required.
- sadfev 6y agoLmao
- wailin 6y agoThey could put some unique features in it, I haven't actually tried Edge on Windows. It probably be the same as the macOS and Windows versions. I don't know if those are just Chromium wrapped in a Microsoft skin or if they actually got something worthwhile.
- jug 6y agoYes and syncing to Microsoft’s cloud. I think that this matters the most for people picking this on Linux given how common it has got in the enterprise.
- pskinner 6y agoHooray.
- fatnoah 6y agoI'd love to know the overlap between Linux users and those who prefer Edge as their main browser.
- alyandon 6y agoI use both Windows and Linux on desktop. For personal web browsing, Firefox is my main driver but for work-related stuff I generally use Google Chrome. The moment Edge-ium went GA on Windows I was able to uninstall Google Chrome permanently and I will be giving Edge a go on Linux as a potential replacement for Chrome there as well.
- fatnoah 6y agoThank you! I'm also tied to Chrome for work, and most of my Linux these days is via WSL, so web browsing is not a thing I do there.
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- qazpot 6y agoI wonder what kind of a person would use Edge on Linux.
- HashingtheCode 6y agoPeople switched to Linux to get away from Microsoft, so it makes perfect sense to me that these same people will now use a Microsoft browser that violates their privacy .....