Edge on Linux "Coming Soon"

HotCakeX "That's nice."

Dismissive, but accurate. 

For a people who use both Linux and Windows, having a Windows/Linux cross-platform browser is important, just as important as having a Windows/Android/Apple cross-platform browser is important to smartphone users and those who use both Apple and Windows computers.

At this point we have scant detail and there are many unanswered questions (e.g. Will Microsoft follow Google's lead and develop only .deb (Debian/Ubuntu) and .rpm (Fedora/openSUSE) versions, or will Microsoft offer other versions as well?). 

The answers will be important going forward because Edge Chromium, like Google Chrome, is semi-proprietary, and licensing may be an issue.  It is not as if anyone can just grab the code and run with it, as is the case under typical FOSS licensing.  So the answers to those questions will determine the conditions under which distros can offer Edge Chromium as third-party software.

But, even with those caveats, it is a very positive development.  Forum members with a foot in both the Windows and Linux worlds have been asking for a Linux port since the beginning of this Forum (e.g. Edge on Linux, 2019-04-08), and for the first time, Microsoft has now acknowledged that it is moving forward to provide it.