Microsoft Edge is coming to Linux desktops, it has been confirmed.

Nov 02, 2020 Install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 20.04 / Debian 10 Microsoft Edge for Linux is available as an Alpha so you can download the package from the Dev Channel section. To download it, go to this link. And download the DEB package for Ubuntu and Debian.

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News that a Linux port of the Chromium-based Edge browser won’t be a massive surprise to Linux users given that Microsoft developers have teased the possibility several times before.

Microsoft has gone from describing Edge for Linux as “something we’d like to do” to something that said would happen “eventually”. They then launched a survey to scope out feedback on the idea from existing Linux users.

And now: Edge for Linux is official.

Announced during its “State of the Browser” session (around the 8min 24 mark) at the Ignite conference in Orlando, USA, Microsoft say Edge for Linux will be released sometime in 2020.

Precisely when? Well, that’s as-yet unknown. Edge for macOS and Windows 10 went stable on January 15th, 2020 but the official Edge development website lists the Linux port as “coming soon”.

That said, it may be closer than you think. Microsoft Edge for Linux was spotted during May’s Build 2020 event.

When Microsoft announced it was rebuilding its Edge browser on top of Chromium the chance of a native Linux port increased substantially, due to the cross-platform nature of the codebase it now uses.

A crop of Chromium based web browsers already support Linux, including Google Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera, Yandex (Russia) and SRWare Iron.

But Microsoft isn’t just taking Chromium and slapping a new logo on it; it’s also getting involved. Microsoft Edge is an active and contributing member to the Chromium open source project (ergo work done for Edge can, in turn, benefit other browsers, including ones you might want to use).

We’ll be keeping our eyes fixed on the Edge Canary and Dev channels for any sign of a Linux build and, naturally, give you a heads the moment it’s available for testing.

But the big question is: will you use it?

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Microsoft Edge for Linux is now a thing, so in this post we show you how to install the browser on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and any related Linux distributions.

In guide we show you how to install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu (or any Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, like Linux Mint) in two ways: graphical (GUI) method, and command line (CLI) method.

It doesn’t matter which method you choose as you will download and install the exact same version of Microsoft’s new-fangled browser. Plus, both methods set things up so that you get future updates as and when they’re released, automatically.

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Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, the open-source browser engine developed (though not exclusively) by Google. Any website, web app, or web service that works in any Chromium-based browser, such as Google Chrome, will work in Edge too.

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Even better: you can install Chrome extensions in Edge too (though Microsoft maintains its own extension hub for browser add-ons).

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Read our hands on with Edge for Linux development builds for a broader overview on what works, what doesn’t, and what you should keep in mind if you plan to use it otherwise.

How to Install Edge Browser on Ubuntu

Keep in mind that Microsoft Edge for Linux is in developer preview. It is not “stable”. It is not even a beta. Some features (like browser sync) are currently unsupported on Linux. Are there bugs? Yup. Will it crash? Quite possibly!

Please note: this article is about how to install Edge on Ubuntu, not why you should install it. You decide which software you use on your system. And if you don’t want Edge? That’s fine! But you probably won’t be reading a “how to” guide on the topic!

Graphical/GUI way

Installing Edge using a graphical user interface is easy as Microsoft provide official installer packages for Ubuntu and Fedora-based distros. You can use these builds to install the browser on your system using your distribution’s package manager.

1.Go to Microsoft Edge Download Page

In a web browser open the official Microsoft Edge download page. There you’ll find two builds for Linux. Chose the ‘Linux (.deb)’ option for Ubuntu.

2. Download Edge for Linux

Choose to save the .deb package to your Downloads folder (or any other. directory you can access easily). If you’re using Firefox you can check the “Save File” option to do this.

3. Double click on the installer

Let the download complete then use your file manager to find the Edge Linux installer. Finally, double-click on the saved file to start installing and follow the on-screen prompts.

When you install using the official installer the Microsoft Edge repository is added to your system’s list of software sources. You can upgrade to new versions of the browser as they’re released using the regular Software Updater tool.

4. Open Microsoft Edge.

Let the install finish up then open the browser from the Applications grid (or whatever app menu, launcher, etc you use on your system.

Terminal/CLI way

Prefer to install software from the command line? We got you covered. Just copy/paste the following commands in to your terminal emulator of choice.

First: the set-up script. This adds the Microsoft Edge repo to your system, and imports the Microsoft GPG key to authenticate packages (so that you can be sure they are what they say they are):

Second step: run this command to actually install Microsoft Edge:

Once done, launch the browser from your favourite app launcher, or run microsoft-edge-dev from a command prompt.

How to Uninstall Edge

So you installed Edge. Grand. And you try it out. Awesome. But what happens if you want to remove it? Well, it’s easy to uninstall Microsoft Edge using the command line.

Just open a new Terminal window and run:

Alternatively you can open the Ubuntu Software app, search for ‘edge’ by name, click the result, and hit the ‘remove’ button.

Simple!

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Summary

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That’s it; you learned how to install Microsoft Edge browser on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and other distributions in this article. All that’s left for you to do now is to open the browser up and start surfing the web!

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It remains to be seen if Edge will find a big enough audience on Linux to sustain itself. The browser is up against stiff competition from the likes of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Vivaldi.

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While most Linux users will shudder at the thought of using it, I think it’s great to have the choice of using Edge on Linux.