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Iron Contributor

Apr 08, 2019

Edge on Linux

Hello, I work on IT industry and I often use linux distros. The main requirements for the browser is a support for various types of operating systems, like MacOS, Linux and Windows, because I need ...

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cacarr-pdxweb

Copper Contributor

Oct 02, 2020

I don't guess it will be too long before it makes it into the AUR.

tomscharbach

Bronze Contributor

Oct 02, 2020

cacarr-pdxweb

"I don't guess it will be too long before it makes it into the AUR."

I hope that Microsoft expands the scope of its focus beyond Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE, but I don't have any confidence that Microsoft will do so quickly.

Considering Microsoft's initial Edge-availability list (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE) and Microsoft's WSL2-supported distros (Debian, Kali, Ubuntu, SUSE), it looks like Microsoft is working with Canonical, RedHat, SUSE Software Solutions and others to focus on the Enterprise customer segment of the Linux market.

I understand that focus from Microsoft's business perspective, but I hope that Microsoft will at least expand support to other package managers. As a bare minimum, I would like Microsoft to support both Snap and Flatpack, which will work with many distros. I guess we wait and see.