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Use Microsoft Edge for Linux? If so, you may want to rush off and upgrade to the latest dev release.

1. Thanks for posting, the team is very excited to see users try out Edge on Linux! I reached out to them about this and they let me know that there should be an option in the context menu when you right-click in the title bar to Use system title bar and borders.
2. I hae just returned to Linux Mint, but I still have Windows 10 on my pc due to Microsoft Edge's Read Aloud tool. As I have visual impairments, such a tool is a need.
3. Apr 18, 2021 With Edge, you can use some Microsoft specific products on Linux. For example, Microsoft’s streaming gaming service xCloud maybe available on the Edge browser only. Another possible benefit is an improved Netflix experience on Linux.
4. Since you’ll be installing Microsoft Edge’s latest Linux client, you will first need to enable Linux on your Chromebook if you haven’t already. To do that, visit your Chromebook’s “Settings” from either the app drawer or the quick settings panel (by clicking on the time in the bottom-right corner of the home screen).

Microsoft Edge for Linux performs just like all the other Chromium-based web browsers. Microsoft Edge version Edg/88.0.673.0 is based on Chromium/88.0.4287.0. That's the 'unstable' Chromium version (Chromium 87 is the latest 'beta') which makes it newer than the Chromium-engine current versions of Brave and Chrome use.

Why? Well you know why since you read the headline first! 😉

Yes, the latest dev builds of Microsoft Edge for Linux supports sign-in and sync using a Microsoft Account. This feature has been missing since Edge’s Linux debut in the autumn of last year. The lack of bookmark and account info sync is the only thing keeping some users from using Edge as their default browser.

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Of course, there is a caveat to this news: you can only sign-in and sync using a personal Microsoft Account (sorry to any AAD users out there). If you don’t already have a Microsoft Account you’ll need to sign up for one first.

Microsoft Sync is enabled by default in Edge version 91.0.838.x and later. If you use an older build you may be able to enable the ‘MSA sign-in’ feature on the edge://flags page.

If you don’t enable the MSA sign in experiment or you’re using an older build you will continue to see the “oh no! platform not supported” message when attempting to sign in:

Once done, just launch Edge, click the account button in the main toolbar, sign in with your details, choose what settings you wish to sync, and away you go. The sync (including settings) works between OSes. You can sync your Edge browser on Windows with your Edge browser on Ubuntu, and so on.

Is Microsoft Edge the best web browser for Linux? That’s subjective and not what this article is addressing. Only you can decide what works for you based on your needs, your outlook, and your ideals. Not that these disclaimers are strictly necessity. Chances are no-one is reading a post about Edge if they’re not not into it 💁🏻‍♂️ — but my point stands: this is news, not a recommendation.

That said, I have pitched my tent in the camp that prefers having a choice to not use something over no choice to use it all.

*cough* Adobe *cough*

Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge for Linux is getting sign-in and sync support for saving favourites, passwords, browser data and extensions across devices.

Microsoft Edge In Linux

The sync feature is shipping in Edge 91.0.831.1 to the Dev channel, so it should ship in the Stable channel in a few weeks.

Microsoft notes that the feature is only supported for personal Microsoft Accounts at the moment, meaning Azure Active Directory (AAD) accounts are not supported yet.

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Additionally, users may need to enable a flag in order to see this setting. This can be done by typing 'edge://flags' in the address bar, and searching for and enabling the 'MSA sign in' experiment.

After signing into the profile dialog, users can select Sync to sync favouites, passwords, and other browsing data across devices used with that account. The profile dialog displays the sync status.

Microsoft warns that as a Dev channel build, the sync feature might come with a few glitches. But it has also listed a range of mitigation options for troubleshooting any problems, such as browser crashes.

Microsoft released Edge for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE Linux distributions in October, but it's still in a developer preview, which doesn't support AAD yet.

Another update for Edge on Linux is the ability to use the system theme.

Microsoft notes that it's investigating an issue where some extensions, such as the Microsoft Editor extension, don't work on Linux. As soon as they're installed, they crash and are disabled, according to Microsoft.

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Microsoft has also released 14 new theme colours in Settings for users to personalise the interface. These can be found in the Theme section, along with the recently released set of Microsoft-developed themes, which include a few from Xbox such as Halo, Sea of Thieves and Microsoft Flight Simulator. Themes are unique to each profile to make it easier to distinguish between personal and work profiles.

Other updates in this build of Edge include an option in the right-click menu to open the current page in the Immersive Reader. There's also a new management policy to ensure that PDFs are opened in Secure Mode.