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Still no version for Linux. A lot of Linux users are getting impatient waiting for Microsoft to release this app.

Hear, hear. When Edge for Linux launches, developers for modern Windows customers (no IE) can finally do away with the Windows VMs to test their applications.

I'm glad I don't need to support Safari because there's no way in hell that that's ever going to come to Linux (or Windows again).

Citation needed? Linux users pining for Microsoft products is a rarity. Why would they go for a closed-source browser when they can go with the open-source, non-google Chromium (same engine) or Firefox?

One reason I might use it on Linux is to test our website/product UX on Edge and ensure wider coverage.

Afaik , websites on all chromium based browsers look same.(because core of these browsers are same)

So,testing on edge would render same as chrome.

Would Edge for Linux be a valid test for Edge/Windows? Wouldn’t there be things like text rendering which would be platform specific?

Plus one here and a few more in my company. I already run official Google Chrome everywhere and I don't give a hoot about running closed-source software, such as the official VS Code binaries.

I'm on Linux because it's the most practical choice for me, not because I'm a FOSS warrior. I want Edge because it's going to be a well-maintained option to get away from Chrome if I they start doing things I don't like, such as limiting ad-blocking with Manifest v3.

A few I'd say.

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