If you primarily use a Mac, you may not be very familiar with the web browser Microsoft Edge. In fact, based on its name and the fact that it was first released as the Windows 10 default browser, you might be surprised that Edge is even available for Mac. Turns out it’s super available for Mac computers.
You should be thinking “Do I need a Microsoft account to use Microsoft Edge on Mac?”
One way to consider this is of course, you must have a Microsoft Account to sync your Edge browsing data, but it’s incredibly easy to create one. Microsoft Edge is shaping up to be a terrific web browser on the Mac, with unique features such as Collections starting to differentiate it from the myriad Chromium clones out there.
Microsoft started testing an M1 build of its Edge browser a couple of weeks ago with the Mac app’s beta. Now when downloading the browser from Microsoft’s website, all users are presented with the option to pick Edge for “Mac with Apple Chip.”.
Does microsoft edge work on linux?
That said, Edge is a good, fast browser on Linux. If you’re a Windows user coming over to Linux or you’re doing development work aimed at Edge, then by all means try Edge on Linux. It works and it works well.
You could be thinking “Is it possible to run Microsoft Edge on linux/arm64?”
The answer is that I am forced to use an arm-based Chromebook, and seeing as Chrome and Firefox both run perfectly on linux arm64 devices, and even Microsoft has recently released official vsc builds for linux arm64, I really hope Edge follows suit.
Another frequently asked question is “How do I run Microsoft Edge on Linux?”.
Here is what our research found. it should run on any Linux using DEB or RPM packaging. Microsoft is planning to release weekly builds, just as it does with the Dev Channel builds for other platforms. To get started, users can download and install a .deb or .rpm package directly from the Edge Insider site. This also configures a system to get future automatic updates .
One inquiry we ran across in our research was “Which Linux distributions are supported by edge on Linux?”.
As a long-term user of Slackware, I was not totally surprised to find that (according to the official announcement) only Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and open. SUSE distributions are currently supported by Edge on Linux, which means only .deb and .rpm packages.
Is Microsoft Edge the best default browser for Mac?
Microsoft Edge has quickly become a serious contender for many people’s coveted “Default Browser” position. This is true even on Macs, because, though Edge was made to be the default Windows 10 browser, it works really well in mac, and os. But how does Edge compare to Safari, Apple’s own default Mac browser?
Is Microsoft Edge a good browser for Linux?
The hard sell for Linux users is that it’s a proprietary browser from Microsoft. Before you judge it based on those two criteria alone, I suggest you install it and kick the tires. In the end, you might find Edge to be a perfectly serviceable browser (as I did) and keep it around (as I have done).
What is edge for Mac OS X?
Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge. Chromium-based release of Microsoft Edge for mac, and os platform. This is a Microsoft’s take in Open-Source browser wars.