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MissyQ
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Apr 28, 2020

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David_H_1
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May 04, 2020

MissyQ 

Dear Microsoft® Edge™ developers:

We are really looking forward to download and install Linux versions of the New Microsoft® Edge™. 

But there is a problem which you must consider. Linux is not a single OS, but an OS family that is composed of many distributions. The package formats for different versions vary. For example, Debian based (e.g. Ubuntu) systems use .deb package formats. RPM-based (e.g. Fedora, openSUSE) systems use .rpm package formats. Arch and Arch-based systems (e.g. Manjaro, Artix) use pacman package formats (.pkg.tar.xz etc.). I would rather suggest using a universal package format, single executable file or install scripts such as .bin , .sh , or even better .AppImage to provide the installer package. This would be possible for ALL Linux users to install ,especially for advaced users who use Arch Linux, Arch based Linux, or even Gentoo and Slackware.

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