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Edge on Linux: Package Formats?
tomscharbach Hey, Tom! Thanks so much for the question. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer at this time. Any details I have for everyone will end up being posted in my top feedback summaries, so be sure to keep an eye out there for those (as you've clearly been doing). I will try to keep in mind to ask the team if there's package details for Linux whenever I get my first updates so that I can address that as soon as possible.
I seriously love seeing everyone's excitement for this version of Edge, and I understand that people's excitement is growing. Please do not hesitate to tag me in other question posts, or simply send me a private message. 😄
Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
TheEvilSkeleton "[D]o you have an idea about when they will reach us? If not, do you know where I can directly contact them?"
I don't. I've been on this forum for two years now, and getting Microsoft employees to respond is hit an miss. I suggest that you directly contact Elliot Kirk, the project's senior software engineer, and ask him to put you in contact with whichever team member(s) should be involved. You can contact him directly using the "Message" block on Ellioit's profile page.
You and your team have done an excellent job with the project, by the way. The transition from Dev to Beta last week was smooth as silk. Because the Edge-Linux Beta is the same version as the Win10 Beta, I won't be surprised to see Edge-Linux Stable released mid-summer. My understanding is that your project will be moved from the Flathub Beta repository to the Flathub Stable repository when the Stable version of Edge is released. Is that correct? I hope so, anyway.
I've used your Flatpak build on Solus OS Budgie (an independent release that uses eopkg rather than deb or rpm) since you first mentioned it in this thread, and it has been flawless. I've tried to spread the news on this forum and in the Solus OS forums. Just to make sure everyone is aware of the project, and I will do so again in this post:
Edge-Linux is available as a Flatpak, in Beta:
(1) Install Flatpak if it is not already installed.
(2) Install the Flathub BETA repository via the terminal, using these commands:
flatpak remote-add flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.godotengine.Godot
(3) Install Microsoft Edge via the terminal, using this command:
flatpak install com.microsoft.Edge
The Github for the Flatpak/Flathub project is https://github.com/flathub/com.microsoft.Edge/
tomscharbach "I don't. I've been on this forum for two years now, and getting Microsoft employees to respond is hit an miss. I suggest that you directly contact Elliot Kirk, the project's senior software engineer, and ask him to put you in contact with whichever team member(s) should be involved. You can contact him directly using the "Message" block on Ellioit's profile page."
Thank you. I just contacted him.
tomscharbach"You and your team have done an excellent job with the project, by the way. The transition from Dev to Beta last week was smooth as silk. Because the Edge-Linux Beta is the same version as the Win10 Beta, I won't be surprised to see Edge-Linux Stable released mid-summer. My understanding is that your project will be moved from the Flathub Beta repository to the Flathub Stable repository when the Stable version of Edge is released. Is that correct? I hope so, anyway."
Thank you for the feedback! Correct. The Beta builds will stay in the Beta branch for those that want to use the Beta builds. Once the Stable comes out, we will create a Stable branch so Flathub can ship both Beta and Stable.
However, we are still waiting for Chrome to transition to the stable branch of Flathub. That is because Flatpak already sandboxes every application, and sandboxing an already sandboxed application is a bit of a pain. Once everything becomes fully stable, that is when we will add the Stable branch.