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The other two major security modes are related to your passwords, and tracking prevention. Most of the Google-tracking elements are disabled, so that's a good thing. The add-on store is the place where you can find some of the most popular extensions that have been purposefully optimized and tweaked for Microsoft's browser. The result? A very sleek, modern, fast, yet somewhat resource-munching browser with a solid codebase, with Microsoft written all over it, and with (almost) full support for Chrome's extensions, as well as some pretty interesting features sprinkled on top.īetter yet, Edge also benefits from a bespoke add-on store of its own. The fact that Microsoft decided to switch to a Chromium engine for their new browser was probably the best decision they could've made. In fact, it's so good, it can pretty much rival all its competitors. So, the question is - why would you want to use Microsoft Edge, anyway? The short answer: Microsoft Edge is better than ever. The latest stable version of Edge can be retrieved via the command line using the Linux package manager, or directly from the app's official website (as DEB and RPM installers). Finally, Linux users get access to the Stable channel as well. Until recently (before November 2021), Microsoft Edge was only available in Beta and Dev versions for Linux. That's also the case of Microsoft Edge, the standard browser of Windows 10 and 11, that's also available for macOS, Android, and iOS.

This was somewhat brutal for most other browsers, but even more so for Microsoft and its slow and outdated Internet Explorer that was left pretty much empty handed, and sad, in a corner, alone.Ī lot of time has gone by since then, some browsers vanished, some adapted and became better, and other new ones came into the spotlight. Since releasing Chromium-based Edge back in January, Microsoft has continually updated the new version of its browser with additional features and now that Edge is available for Linux, it will likely get the same treatment over the coming months.We all know that ever since it was launched in 2008, Google Chrome has been leading with an iron fist (at least in terms of market share). Eligible bug bounties (opens in new tab) can earn researchers anywhere from $1,000 to $30,000 depending on the severity of the vulnerabilities they find in Edge for Linux. While Linux users can begin testing out Microsoft Edge on their systems, security researchers can begin searching for and submitting vulnerabilities to the company's new Microsoft Edge Bounty Program (opens in new tab). This can be done by following the “Command line installation” instructions on the Microsoft Edge Insider site which are available for Debian/Ubuntu (opens in new tab) or Fedora/openSUSE (opens in new tab).

Alternatively, users can install Microsoft Edge from the company's Linux Software Repository (opens in new tab) using their distribution's standard package management tools.