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Microsoft Threatens to Bring Edge Browser to Linux

posted by chromas on Friday April 12 2019, @03:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the Microsoft-Loves-Linux dept.

DannyB writes:

Microsoft Say Edge May Come to Linux "Eventually"

When Microsoft announced it was switching the foundations of its home-grown Edge browser to a Chromium base we asked if it might allow the app to come to Linux.

[...] Microsoft's Kyle Pflug responded to the tux question on Twitter. He said that a Linux build is something the Edge team would "like to do eventually" but they 'can't commit to Linux just yet'.

Not yet – it's something we'd like to do eventually (our build system runs on Linux) but we're taking things one step at a time starting from Win10, and can't commit to Linux just yet.
— Kyle Pflug (@kylealden) April 8, 2019

[...] That said, the availability of Edge on Linux would help web developers working on Linux. They'd no longer need to keep a Windows VM within reach solely to double check changes.

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  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday April 12 2019, @12:28PM (1 child)

    by TheRaven (270) on Friday April 12 2019, @12:28PM (#828561) Journal
    Way back, Internet Explorer ran on a load of platforms. There were UNIX builds for Solaris and HP-UX, right up until IE5. Edge already runs on Linux, just not X11 Linux - there's been a version for Android (and iOS) for a while.
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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @02:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @02:15PM (#828597)

    Way back then when I was sysadmin for a couple Sparc Stations, some contractor installed Explorer on one of them and it brought that Sparc Station to its knees. I also had a call once from a VAX admin about one of our employees bringing his VAX to its knees with Xroach running in the background. The good old days.