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Edge on Linux
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-linux-developers-we-want-your-help-to-bring-edge-browser-to-linux/
maybe they are waiting for the stable release?
HotCakeX "It appears that there is nothing preventing Linux community to embrace Edge insider browser and add it to their Distros."
It is not that simple. EdgeChromium is has not yet been adapted to the Linux kernel; EdgeChromium is Microsoft-branded and that requires licensing; and EdgeChromium, like Google Chrome, is semi-proprietary, so licensing is an issue for those elements of the browser that are not open source.
It is not as if anyone can just grab EdgeChromium code and run with it, as is often the case under typical FOSS licensing.
Porting EdgeChromium to Linux is up to Microsoft, not distro developers or the Linux community. That is why we are raising the question with Microsoft.
tomscharbach wrote:HotCakeX "It appears that there is nothing preventing Linux community to embrace Edge insider browser and add it to their Distros."
It is not that simple. EdgeChromium is has not yet been adapted to the Linux kernel; EdgeChromium is Microsoft-branded and that requires licensing; and EdgeChromium, like Google Chrome is semi-proprietary, so licensing is an issue for those elements of the browser that are not open source.
It is not as if anyone can just grab EdgeChromium code and run with it, as is often the case under typical FOSS licensing.
Porting EdgeChromium to Linux is up to Microsoft, not distro developers or the Linux community. That is why we are raising the question with Microsoft.
True, there is no Github page with the source code of Edge Chromium