Now that MS Edge (stable) is available on Linux, will you use it?

**Paddy Landau** · November 3rd, 2021

Originally Posted by 3nd

not even if they paid me...

Ha ha! I bet that you have a price

**T6&sfpER35%** · November 3rd, 2021

$1mil / minute, then maybe

**Shibblet** · November 3rd, 2021

Originally Posted by 3nd

not even if they paid me...

I'm not saying that Edge is a "bad" browser. There is just no justification for me to use it on Linux.
However, if they paid me... I think I'd reconsider.

Brave pays people to look at ads, and it's a Chromium based browser, just like Edge.

Originally Posted by Paddy Landau

No, that's not why it's made. It's made to use for any reason, and in any way, that you want.

I'm sure that there are people who either need or love Windows but nevertheless have a need or desire to run Linux. For them, WSL might be just the thing. It might also be useful for people on Windows who are curious about Linux.

Originally Posted by 3nd

Personally, I need Windows about four times a year, maybe less. So, I run Ubuntu, and maintain Windows on a virtual machine. It makes it so easy — and if Windows updates messes up the installation, all I need do is roll back!

I'm in the same boat. I am an Adobe user, and run a Windows 7 VM for InDesign. Photoshop and Illustrator run just fine in the VM as well.

That being said... Again, specifically with Linux, I can find no discernable reason to ever run Edge.

**Tadaen_Sylvermane** · November 3rd, 2021

I think that all modern browsers give you the option to import passwords and bookmarks, to save you the hassle.

Oddly enough I just looked in chrome before logging into the forums here. Never saw it. Is an export button. I dumped them to a csv file. Makes life easy.

Maybe i can escape...

**Paddy Landau** · November 4th, 2021

Originally Posted by Tadaen_Sylvermane

I dumped them to a csv file.

If Edge works like all the others, the first time that you run it, it should offer to automatically import your data from Chrome — you wouldn't have to dump anything to a CSV file.

**QIII** · November 4th, 2021

I don't even use Edge on Windows machines ...

**Paddy Landau** · November 4th, 2021

Originally Posted by QIII

I don't even use Edge on Windows machines ...

I found it hard not to use Edge. Windows pushed it aggressively, and I had to turn it off repeatedly before I could use Chrome without hassle.

**wildmanne39** · November 4th, 2021

No I’m never going to use it on Ubuntu.

**bunny9000** · November 6th, 2021

Edge isn't terrible, but I still use firefox on every platform that supports it.

**PJs Ronin** · November 8th, 2021

Not this side of Armageddon.

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