Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's browser has a real Linux version, offered as a .deb installer file. Not open source.
Our verdict
Edge on Linux exists and it is a real Microsoft release, which surprises most switchers. Microsoft offers a .deb installer file, so on Ubuntu or Mint it installs by double clicking like any other download.
Sign in with the same Microsoft account and your favourites, saved passwords, history and collections appear. If your employer runs Microsoft 365 and everything is wired through Edge, this is the least disruptive browser to carry over.
Expect a slightly thinner version of the browser than the Windows one. The Linux build tracks the same release cycle but the deepest Windows tie-ins are not there, and the Flathub listing is a community package that Microsoft neither verifies nor supports. Download it from Microsoft's own page instead.
What's good
- Genuine Microsoft build, so your favourites, passwords and collections sync from Windows
- Useful if your workplace signs you in to Microsoft 365 through Edge
- Runs Chrome extensions
What to know first
- Not open source
- Some Windows-only extras such as deeper Windows integration are missing
- Distributed as a download from Microsoft rather than through most app stores
- The Flathub entry is a community wrapper that Microsoft does not support
The details
- Cost
- Free
- Open source
- No (Proprietary)
- How you install it
- .deb installer, .rpm installer, App store (Flatpak)
Windows apps it can replace
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