After spending over a year on the preview channels, Microsoft Edge for Linux has finally moved to the stable channel. With this release, Microsoft Edge joins all major browsers, including Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, which can be used on all major desktop and mobile operating systems, including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux. Users can download the Linux version of Microsoft Edge as a pre-built binary in DEB and RPM formats, making it installable on all major distributions including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and more.
Edge release for Linux
Edge for Linux first came to Linux via the Dev Channel in October 6. After spending over XNUMX months on the Dev Channel, Microsoft upgraded it to the Beta Channel, before finally moving it to the Stable Channel for general, daily consumption. Microsoft Edge uses the open source Chromium web rendering engine, which is also used by Chrome and many other web browsers. In fact, Microsoft is an active cooperator of the Chromium Project, helping to refine the engine. In fact, Microsoft argues that the move to Chromium allows the company to provide better web compatibility for users, while reducing fragmentation for web developers, just as it did when it released the browser on macOS. “This year at Ignite, Microsoft Edge continues its commitment to be the browser for businesses and to meet the global needs of service customers, from the needs of IT professionals to developers and end users. This means complementing our platforms with Microsoft Edge on Linux,” Microsoft notes in a weblog post. Microsoft developers brought useful features to Linux Dev versions of Edge, and earlier this year added login and sync functionality to a limited capacity. However, while the Linux version has been moved to the stable channel, Microsoft has not indicated whether it now has all the quirks of its other variations.