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The Linux version has been a long time in coming.

rpm formats) or through the command line using a Linux package manager. The Chromium-based browser is available either through Microsoft's website (in. Ars Technica reports the software behemoth has finally released its first stable version of Edge for Linux. It is a workaround, to be sure, but it works for me, spending about 60% of my time in Linux.Yes, you read that correctly: Microsoft has officially released a web browser for Linux. I keep a set of common favorites/bookmarks in both Edge and Firefox, but the rest are Windows-side oriented on Edge and Linux-side oriented on Firefox. At present, (a) I use Edge on Windows, (b) Firefox on Linux, and (c) both on Android and iOS.

I agree with you that Edge is a very good browser, and I would like to see Microsoft get a move on with Edge-Linux. I report the issue via Feedback when it happens, because it seems likely that Microsoft is not pushing weekly Dev updates to Ubuntu, one of Microsoft's expressly supported distros.īetween the two issues, I've more or less put Edge-Linux on the shelf as unworkable/untestable at the present time, something to come back to when Microsoft issues a Stable version for Linux that allows sign-in and sync. I went from 803 directly to 818, for example, entirely bypassing 810. In addition to the sign-in/sync issue, Edge-Linux is not reliably updating on Ubuntu 20.10, so I'm often one or two Dev releases behind on Linux. So I have no idea what to think, but I'm not holding my breath for a quick resolution. It isn't even listed as a "Known Issue" on the weekly Dev announcements. As a result, no one outside Microsoft has any idea when to expect Edge-Linux to allow us to sign into our Microsoft Accounts or sync.

Since that mention, Microsoft has been absolutely silent on the issue, despite repeated questions from Edge-Linux testers/users. These features will be available in a future preview. In particular, our initial release supports local accounts only, and does not support signing in to Microsoft Edge via a Microsoft Account or AAD account, or features which require signing in (such as syncing your settings, favorites, etc.).

Some end-user features and services may not yet be fully enabled. Microsoft issued this statement on October 20, 2020: